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Sa Ap 22 -

IRAQI LEADERS CHOSEN -

Parliament convened this morning
and selected the top leadership posts:

# Kurdish Jalal Talabani
remains as prez for second term;
# Sunni Tariq al-Hashimi and
# Shiite Adil Abdul-Mahi
both are vice prez;
# Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
(Sunni) as parliament speaker;
# Shiite Jawad al-Maliki
as prime minister.

:: AP/phillyburbs ::

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