Jalal Talabani was born Nov. 12 ... investigations department,’ ” Mr. Talabani told the Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat in 2009. “I had been arrested several times, and even when I was ...

Jalal Talabani, who dominated Kurdish politics for ... negotiating agreements among Iraq’s disparate interest groups, working with Nouri al-Maliki, the controversial Iraqi prime minister of ...

Al-Etejah TV even interrupted its broadcast ... Among Kurds, he was widely referred to as mam (uncle) Jalal. Talabani was an avuncular politician and a skilled negotiator, who spent years ...

Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83 He used the largely ceremonial position as a bridge-builder during an intensely violent period in the years ...

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was flown to Germany early morning ... Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is the head of government. Although his official powers are limited, Talabani is a senior ...

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was being treated ... serious enough for him to be sent abroad for treatment, al-Mutlaq said. Talabani's spokesman could not immediately be reached ...

The Iraqi National Assembly on Wednesday elected Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the new president and Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a Shiite, and Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab, as vice presidents. Iraqi ...

Jalal Talabani, who dominated Kurdish politics for ... negotiating agreements among Iraq’s disparate interest groups, working with Nouri al-Maliki, the controversial Iraqi prime minister of ...

It was for the Al-Jazeera English network. I asked him whether Iraq had turned out the way he'd thought it would. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JALAL TALABANI: I think the collapse of ...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Monday that Kurdish rebels ... Iraqi security forces, a militiaman, an al-Qaeda fighter and a faceless thug. ”Hands up! Legs up! Head down!” ...