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  Veteran Kurdish leader Barham Salih elected as new president of Iraq

  World | Oct 03, 2018, 08:01 AM IST

  Barham Ahmed Salih, 58, is a veteran Kurdish politician, born in the city of Sulaimaniyah in northeastern Iraq. He was former prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan from 2001 to 2004. 

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  Barack Obama urges Iraqi PM-designate to form inclusive government

  World | Aug 12, 2014, 09:20 AM IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday urged Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi to form an inclusive cabinet as quickly as possible."Earlier today (Monday), Vice President (Joe) Biden and I called Dr. Abadi to congratulate