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Jalal Talabani elected Iraq president
Source: PTI April 06, 2005 13:45 IST
Former Kurdish rebel fighter Jalal Talabani has been elected the president of Iraq.
The country's new 275-member parliament also chose Shiite Islamist Adel Abdel Mahdi and outgoing Sunni president Ghazi al-Yawar as Talabani's deputies.
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