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 ...

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 ...

Writer and journalist Nazar al-Samirraei told Aljazeera the differences were expected. “Since assuming the presidency, it was widely believed Jalal Talabani should not only be a nominal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iraq's first non-Arab president and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, died in Germany on Tuesday. Iraqi Vice President Khader al Khuzaei, on behalf of President Jalal ...