Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (2nd R) attends a meeting with parliamentary speaker Ayad al-Samarai (3rd L),. Chief of Divan Staff Nasir al-Ani (L), senior parliamentarian from the Kurdish alliance Fouad Masoum (R) and leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party Osama al-Tikriti in Baghdad October 17, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (2nd R) attends a meeting with parliamentary speaker Ayad al-Samarai (3rd L),. Chief of Divan Staff Nasir al-Ani (L), senior parliamentarian from the Kurdish alliance Fouad Masoum (R) and leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party Osama al-Tikriti in Baghdad October 17, 2009.

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  9. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani poses for a photograph at the 64th General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on September 23, 2009 in New York City. Over 120 heads of state will converge in New York for the 64th session of the United Nations' General Assembly over the next seven days.
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  11. The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (L), poses with Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  12. The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (C) and Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (R), wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 leave after a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  13. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  14. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  15. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  16. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.

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