Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) attends a meeting with parliamentary speaker Ayad al-Samarai (C) 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 (R) attends a meeting with parliamentary speaker Ayad al-Samarai (C) and leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party Osama al-Tikriti in Baghdad October 17, 2009.

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  1. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
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  7. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  8. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  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.
  10. US Vice President Joe Biden (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Arbil on September 17, 2009. Biden held talks in the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil to push Iraqi leaders for progress on stalled legislation ahead of parliamentary elections in January.
  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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