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BAGHDAD — President Jalal Talabani’s office confirmed Saturday that he would not seek a second term, setting off speculation over a battle for his successor and whether the Kurds would retain the post of president, one of the three top jobs in the Iraqi government.
Talabani, 76, said he would leave office at the end of his current term in an interview broadcast Friday by Press TV, an Iranian television network. His term will end when a new president is chosen by the Iraqi parliament, probably in spring 2010, after the next round of national elections. The New York Times
