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Iraqi President Talabani hospitalized

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani addresses the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2011. Talabani, 79, was hospitalized Tuesday with what his office says was fatigue although there were reports he had suffered a strokes. UPI/Monika Graff

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Published: Dec. 18, 2012 at 7:39 AM

BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was hospitalized in Baghdad after suffering a stroke, Iraqi TV reported Tuesday.

Iraqi TV said medical teams were working on "stabilizing the president's condition after the brain stroke."

Initial reports from the president's office said Talabani, 79, was taken to the hospital Monday "due to fatigue and tiredness," Kuwaiti news service KUNA reported.

KUNA reported Talabani was under the care of a specialized medical team.

Talabani was elected president of Iraq in 2005, in the first free elections in the country in more than 50 years.

Talibani had heart surgery in the United States in 2008 and was treated for exhaustion and dehydration in Jordan the year before.

Topics: Jalal Talabani, Mahmoud Othman

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