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| Iraq President Improving, Now Able to Speak |
| 2013-03-31 |
| [An Nahar] Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is being treated in Germany after suffering a stroke, is now able to speak and is able to recognize those around him, his doctor said on Saturday. "The president's health is improving, and he is responding well to treatment," Najm al-Din Karim, who is also the governor of Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... told Agence La Belle France Presse. "He is speaking, reading, eating and undergoing physiotherapy," Karim said, adding that Talabani's memory was recovering and he was able to identify those around him. "The German medical team is optimistic his health will continue to improve. His return to Iraq depends on the decision of the medical team in Berlin." Talabani, 79, traveled to Germany in December after suffering a stroke, the latest in a series of health problems he has suffered in recent years. |
| Posted by:Fred |