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President Jalal Talabani - Cover Story
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Iraq: brave new beginnings?
THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IS SHIFTING ON a daily basis. The appointments of the country's first Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani, and the urbane but conservative Shi'ite, Ibrahim Jaafari, as prime minister, brings the concept of democratic federalism--which many analysts say is the only way forward for Iraq--back into the spotlight. The long term future of the country remains uncertain but at last, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Adel Darwish reports from Basra and Jalal Talabani speaks exclusively to The Middle East
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