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Iraqi president Talabani recovering from heart operation

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is recovering from a heart operation in the United States, his office announced.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 14:34 August 15, 2008
  • Gulf News

Baghdad: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is recovering from a heart operation in the United States, his office announced.

The 74-year-old president had been treated in a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He has been released from the hospital and would return to Iraq after he has recovered.

“Talabani was suffering from a narrowing of one of his heart's valves. The matter was dealt with by a surgical operation," Talabani's office said in a statement.







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