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Iraq
Ailing Iraq President to be Treated in Germany
2012-12-20
[An Nahar] Iraq's ailing President Jalal Talabani is to be airlifted to Germany for specialist treatment after suffering a reported stroke, his office said on Wednesday.

Talabani was hospitalized late on Monday with what state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported was a stroke, but doctors said on Wednesday his condition was improving.

"The president's condition is improving, and he will be transferred to a hospital in Germany tomorrow," Thursday, Najm al-Din Karim, one of Talabani's doctors, told AFP.

And Barzan Sheikh Othman, the top media official in Talabani's office, said teams of doctors from Iraq, Germany and Britannia decided that the president should be transferred to Germany for further treatment.

No immediate comment was available from the German foreign ministry in Berlin.

Talabani was hospitalized on Monday night after what Iraqiya state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported was a stroke, but doctors and officials have not commented specifically about his health problem.

Earlier on Wednesday, Dr Hani Mussa Badr, the director general of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
's Medical City hospital where Talabani was being treated, said that "tests showed the stability and improvement of his excellency's health condition."
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