http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Jalal_TalabaniFind stories, videos, and photos about Jalal Talabani from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:05:50 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Jalal_Talabani14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Jalal Talabani from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Kurdish bloc in the Iraqi parliament intends to boycott the vote on a proposed election law if the oil-rich province of Kirkuk is banned from voting in next year's national elections, two Kurdish lawmakers said.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.election.law/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.election.law/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's parliament failed Wednesday to reach agreement on a new electoral law, but the parliament speaker said it would not affect the date of the general election scheduled for January.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/baghdad.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/baghdad.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 62 people were killed and 150 wounded Wednesday when a bomb ripped through an outdoor market area in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/15/iraq.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/15/iraq.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi President Jalal Talabani will likely not seek re-election once his term ends.Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's parliament has passed a $58.8 billion budget for 2009 after cutting $3.2 billion from government spending because of weak oil prices, a Iraqi lawmaker said.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.withdrawal.reax/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.withdrawal.reax/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi leaders are applauding President Obama's plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from the country by August 2010.Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/14/Kurdish.politicians.Iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/14/Kurdish.politicians.Iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe second-highest ranking official in Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's political party resigned Saturday, along with four other high-ranking Kurdish politicians, officials said.Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextVice President-elect Joe Biden on Monday met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad, the president's office confirmed.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/02/iraq.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/02/iraq.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's president on Sunday pledged nearly $900,000 to help Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul because of killings and threats.Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Turkish delegation led by the country's deputy foreign minister met with Iraqi leaders on Tuesday in Baghdad amid an increase in Turkish military strikes on suspected Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA parked car bomb detonated Sunday in an outdoor market in Baghdad, killing nine civilians and wounding 13 others, an Interior Ministry official said.Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces in Baghdad have killed the man believed to be the mastermind of recent bombings in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said.Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 22 police officers and Awakening Council members were killed in an ambush southwest of Diyala Wednesday, a U.S. military official said.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. soldiers were charged Saturday with the murder of an Iraqi detainee.Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's president has rejected the recently passed provincial elections law, his office said on Wednesday -- a move that appears to doom what has been touted as all-important legislation for the country.Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's parliament on Tuesday passed a law setting guidelines for provincial elections, despite a boycott by Kurdish lawmakers.Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/19/brown.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/19/brown.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that plans are being made to scale back troops in Iraq, but he would not set an "artificial timetable."Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said. Sun, 04 May 2008 16:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's three-man presidency council on Wednesday approved draft legislation for provincial elections, reversing an earlier decision.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heading home after a two-day visit to Iraq, again touted his country's closer relations with Iraq and reiterated his criticism of the United States.Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/02/iraq.ahmadinejad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/02/iraq.ahmadinejad/index.html#cnnSTCTextIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Baghdad Sunday for the start of a historic two-day trip, said "visiting Iraq without the dictator is a good thing."Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:57:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718755,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718755,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Sunday in Baghdad for the first-ever visit by an Iranian president to IraqSun, 02 Mar 2008 07:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/03/iraq.baath.reform/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/03/iraq.baath.reform/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bill that could pave the way for some members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life became law in Iraq on Sunday despite reservations from the country's leading Sunni Arab politician.Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities imposed a curfew in Hilla on Sunday after a roadside bomb killed a provincial police chief and two other officers, an official with the Interior Ministry said.Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTextA legal debate and reconciliation politics have delayed the scheduled executions in Iraq of three Saddam Hussein-era officials and the hiatus is causing an uproar among Iraqi officials.Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:59:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe perception is that the U.S. has a double standard with regard to Kurdish insurgents. But it's the Kurds themselves who must reign in the rebels Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith Turkish officials under pressure to strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush has told Turkey's president his administration will keep pressing Baghdad to clamp down on the rebels, the White House said Monday.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTextRebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, will announce Monday a unilateral cease-fire following a deadly attack on Turkish forces, a spokesman for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told CNN.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/22/talabani.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/22/talabani.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi President Jalal Talabani has blasted the United States for the arrest Thursday of an Iranian and called for his immediate release.Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.trial.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.trial.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextSaddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali" and 14 others faced charges of crimes against humanity for the brutal crushing of a Shiite uprising after the 1991 Gulf War Tuesday as Iraq's third trial against former regime officials began with three of the defendants already sentenced to death in another case.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:39:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653477,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653477,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi prime minister and president announced a new alliance of moderate Shiites and Kurds in a push to save the crumbing government ThursdayThu, 16 Aug 2007 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith the country's largest Sunni political bloc threatening to leave the Cabinet, top Iraqi leaders are hoping to sit down soon to settle the friction and finger-pointing among Sunni Arabs, Shiites and Kurds, officials told CNN on Saturday.Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.htmlCommanders are operating under the assumption that at least two of three U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq are alive, military officials told CNN.Sat, 19 May 2007 07:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made an unannounced trip Tuesday to Ramadi, where he met with Sunni tribal chiefs credited with helping turn the tide against al Qaeda in Iraq.Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/26/talabani.ill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/26/talabani.ill/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani was in a Jordanian hospital on Monday after experiencing dizziness and low blood pressure a day earlier in Iraq, his son and a physician said.Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/talabani.ill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/talabani.ill/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani fell ill and was flown from northern Iraq to neighboring Jordan on Sunday for treatment of what his son called "fatigue and exhaustion coupled with dehydration."Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.htmlEleven Shiite pilgrims were ambushed, shot and killed Wednesday as their caravan returned from the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry official in Baghdad said.Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi and Iranian authorities slammed the United States on Monday for having arrested several Iranians who were visiting Iraq.Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/13/bush.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/13/bush.iraq/index.htmlPresident Bush said Wednesday he will not be rushed into a decision on "a new way forward in Iraq," but pledged that his new strategy will give troops there all the tools they need to "complete their mission."Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.htmlUnemployed laborers were among nearly two dozen people killed Wednesday in Iraq in bombings and mortar fire.Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military said Monday that four American soldiers were killed and three wounded by two roadside bombs Sunday in Baghdad as suspected sectarian violence cost another 51 Iraqis their lives.Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected the Iraq Study Group's report Sunday, calling it "very dangerous" to Iraq's sovereignty and constitution.Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlNine U.S. troops died in Iraq during the weekend, including five killed by roadside bombs, the U.S. military reported Sunday.Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/28/iraq.iran/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/28/iraq.iran/index.htmlIran's supreme leader on Tuesday said American policies in Iraq are the "main cause" of that country's violence and insecurity, and withdrawal of "foreign forces" is the first step to ending the country's discord, according to an Iranian news agency report.Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/27/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents Monday targeted key oil sites in Iraq, firing mortar rounds into an oil distribution center in northern Iraq and bombing a pipeline in a southern suburb of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani is expected to meet in the next few days with high-ranking officials from Iran and Syria, neighbors that the United States has blamed for many of Iraq's problems.Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/index.htmlJust hours after a suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Iraq, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday that the nation is in "grave danger" of falling into civil war.Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.talabani/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.talabani/index.htmlPresident Jalal Talabani said Wednesday he foresees Iraqi forces taking over security in all 18 provinces by the end of the year.Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.htmlBaghdad's morgue reported that 1,091 people were killed in the city's daily violence in April, the Iraqi president's office said in a statement Wednesday.Wed, 10 May 2006 08:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi troops killed more than 100 insurgents last week in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a U.S. Army officer said Monday.Mon, 01 May 2006 13:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.main/index.htmlThree private security contractors were killed, and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle Sunday morning, the British Foreign Office said.Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.jaafari/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.jaafari/index.htmlIraqi lawmakers gathering for its second session of parliament on Thursday decided to postpone the session for two days amid a possible breakthrough over the contentious issue of the prime minister's post.Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/07/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 10 people were killed and 22 wounded Tuesday in Baghdad and three other Iraqi cities.Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.politics/index.htmlIraq's new parliament, faced with the difficult task of selecting the nation's leaders, will hold its first session this weekend, President Jalal Talabani said Monday.Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlA top commander in Iraq's army was shot to death on a western Baghdad road Monday in one of a string of attacks that killed at least 10 other people, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen dressed as Iraqi police commandos attacked a Sunni mosque in a western Baghdad neighborhood late Saturday, killing three mosque guards and wounding six others in an hour-long gunfight, police said.Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/index.htmlA mortar round killed seven people and wounded 15 others at a busy market in a southeastern Baghdad suburb early Saturday, said an emergency police official, one day after a daytime curfew brought relative peace.Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.htmlIn a dramatic show of solidarity amid fears of escalating violence, Iraq's leaders from virtually all political factions met Saturday to discuss the formation of a national unity government.Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi leaders attempted Thursday to stop sectarian violence that has escalated since a revered Shiite shrine was bombed in Samarra, prompting widespread reprisals against Sunnis.Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.main/index.htmlA car bomb detonated in a marketplace in the southern Baghdad suburb of Dora on Tuesday afternoon, killing 20 people and wounding another 25, police said.Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/17/bhsc.holmes/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/17/bhsc.holmes/index.htmlJalal Talabani draws on a cigar and ponders the question.Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.coalition/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.coalition/index.htmlThe United Iraqi Alliance and Kurdish alliance -- the Shiite-led and Kurdish coalitions that prevailed in the January 30 elections -- are considered front-runners in Thursday's parliamentary elections.Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.britain/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.britain/index.htmlBritish troops could leave Iraq by the end of 2006, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has predicted.Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.main/index.htmlThree U.S. service members have died in separate incidents in Iraq while insurgents targeted Iraqi security forces, authorities said Sunday.Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen killed the brother of Iraq Vice President Adil Abdul Mehdi and his driver early Sunday in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/06/blair.iran/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/06/blair.iran/index.htmlBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair says evidence points to Iranian ties to bombings in Iraq, although Britain does not have definite proof.Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/13/iraq.main/index.htmlMeeting Tuesday with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, President Bush renewed his pledge to assist Baghdad in building a democracy and to help the fledgling government defeat insurgents.Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/09/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi forces will assume responsibility for security at Baghdad International Airport, a government official said, following its closure to civilian traffic Friday.Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani has said ousted leader Saddam Hussein deserves to be executed "20 times a day" for his crimes against humanity.Wed, 07 Sep 2005 10:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.saddam.confess/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.saddam.confess/index.htmlSaddam Hussein has confessed that he gave orders to execute thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, according to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.violence/index.htmlIraqi police arrested four people in connection with a string of car bombings Wednesday morning that killed at least 43 people and wounded 88 in central Baghdad, the Transportation Ministry said.Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq President Jalal Talabani said Saturday that he hopes his country will reach the key milestone of completing a draft constitution within 24 hours -- a day before Monday's deadline.Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomb killed 25 people and wounded 33 others Sunday near al-Rashad police station in Baghdad, the city's emergency police said.Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/iraq.main/index.htmlThe new U.S. ambassador to Iraq met Saturday with leaders of the Iraq's fledgling government and said that "security challenges" cannot be met with military might alone.Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/19/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen on Tuesday shot dead a Sunni Arab member of the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution, authorities said.Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.htmlA group of European Union members was in Baghdad Thursday, marking the first such high-level delegation visit to the country since the ouster of dictator Saddam Hussein.Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.badr/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.badr/index.htmlIraqi government officials have publicly supported a Shiite organization charged by many Sunni leaders with responsibility in the murders of their clerics and other notables.Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.talabani/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.talabani/index.htmlFormer dictator Saddam Hussein could go on trial "within two months," and U.S. troops might begin leaving Iraq in large numbers by the end of 2006, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told a group of international journalists Tuesday.Tue, 31 May 2005 17:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.main/index.htmlPresident Bush firmly backed Iraq's fledgling government Tuesday, echoing comments by his vice president that the country's insurgency will be defeated.Tue, 31 May 2005 11:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents continued a stepped-up wave of bombings Friday, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens more, Iraqi police said.Fri, 06 May 2005 07:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/27/myers.insurgency/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/27/myers.insurgency/index.htmlThe insurgency in Iraq is "about where it was a year ago," in terms of attacks, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said but he said American and Iraqi troops are gaining ground in the two-year-old conflict.Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqis made two grisly discoveries Wednesday, finding more than 50 bodies in the Tigris River and 20 Iraqi soldiers shot to death west of the capital, officials said.Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made an unannounced visit to Baghdad Tuesday, praising Iraq for its fledgling democracy and noting improvements in the country's security forces.Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.htmlDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq early Tuesday on an unannounced visit, hours after a U.S. Embassy official said a U.S. citizen working for a contracting company was kidnapped from a construction site in Baghdad.Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.main/index.htmlThe newly elected president of Iraq said Sunday he expects that U.S. troops will be gone from his country within two years.Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's new president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, took the oath of office Thursday, promising to help create a democratic government that represents his country's diverse population.Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's new transitional assembly took an expected but historic step Wednesday, electing Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the nation's president -- a symbol of the new Kurdish clout in the largely Arab nation.Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.speaker/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.speaker/index.htmlAfter weeks of political deadlock, Iraq's Transitional National Assembly on Sunday took a step towards forming a new Iraqi Government nine weeks after the country's historic elections, electing a Speaker and two deputies.Sun, 03 Apr 2005 09:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/18/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Kurdish leader expected to be selected Iraq's transitional president said the recently elected National Assembly will form a government when it meets next week.Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/16/iraq.main/index.htmlCalling for democracy and freedom in the midst of insurgent attacks, the leaders of Iraq's interim government Wednesday challenged the country's new National Assembly to strive for "national unity."Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlThe newly elected Iraqi National Assembly is scheduled to have its first meeting March 16, political officials have told CNN.Sun, 06 Mar 2005 07:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi leaders began looking ahead to forming a National Assembly and filling top posts after the release of "final uncertified" election results.Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/kurd.reaction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/kurd.reaction/index.htmlThe Iraqi prime minister's office said Wednesday it is committed to Transitional Administrative Law, a document backed by Kurdish leaders and opposed by the country's top Shiite cleric in a dispute that could lead to a governmental crisis.Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/01/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/01/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlNearly simultaneous suicide bombings of the offices of two Kurdish political parties in the northern Iraq town of Erbil Sunday morning killed at least 56 people, including at least five senior Kurdish officials, a coalition spokesman said.Sun, 01 Feb 2004 10:21:00 EST