Iraq lawmakers elect new president

Friday, July 25, 2014

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers elected a veteran Kurdish politician on Thursday to replace long-serving Jalal Talabani as the country's new president in the latest step toward forming a new government.

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