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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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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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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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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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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani (R) 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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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The son of Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, Ammar Hakim (C- black turban) walks along side Iraqi President Jalal Talabini (L) Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (behind Talabani) and Vice President Tarq al-Hashemi (R) as they follow the coffin of his late father at Baghdad Internatio...

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ARBIL, IRAQ - JUNE 1: Kurdish President Massud Barzani (R) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani talk during an event to celebrate the start of the exporting of oil from the autonomous region of Kurdistan June 1, 2009 in the northern Kurdish city of Erbil, Iraq.

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ARBIL, IRAQ - JUNE 1: Kurdish President Massud Barzani (R) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani open a ceremonial valve during an event to celebrate the start of the exporting of oil from the autonomous region of Kurdistan June 1, 2009 in the northern Kurdish city of Erbil, Iraq.

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The two vetran Kurdish leaders of the two main parties -- the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R), currently also President of Iraq, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of regional president Massud Barzani speaks to the press in Dokan, 65 km...

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In this handout made available by the Iraqi Presidential offices on April 27 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) at the latter's offices in Baghdad on April 26, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani (C) and Iraqi vice presidents Adel Abdel Mahdi (R) and Tareq al-Hashemi (2nd R) in Baghdad April 7, 2009.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) talks to U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting in Baghdad April 7, 2009.

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US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani (R) during a visit to Camp Victory in Iraq on April 7, 2009.

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) meets his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas during his visit to Baghdad April 5, 2009.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas take part in a welcoming ceremony at Salam Palace in Baghdad April 5, 2009.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas review the honour guards during a welcoming ceremony at Salam Palace in Baghdad April 5,2009.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit to Baghdad April 5, 2009.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - APRIL 5: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) talks with Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki as Abbas arrives for talks, April 5, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, left, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Moallem arrived in Baghdad for trade and security talks.

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) speaks with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem during a meeting in Baghdad on March 25, 2009. Muallem is on an official visit to neighbouring Iraq to hold talks on boosting cooperation on trade and security.