BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi parliament chose Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new interim president Wednesday, reaching out to a long-repressed minority and bringing the country closer to its first democratically elected government in 50 years.
His deputies will be former President Ghazi Yawer, a Sunni Arab, and Finance Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who is Shia. The presidential team will nominate the key role of prime minister who will lead Iraq until new polls in December.
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06 April, 2005
Iraqis Name New President
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And the Iraqi's are televising this to Saddam's cell so he can see what's happening to his old dictatorship. Priceless!
Jack
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