FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011, file photo Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, chat during a special ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Talabani is in the U.S. for medical care. Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan Anderson says Talabani has "routine medical appointments" at the clinic in Minnesota this week. It's not Talabani's first visit to the Mayo Clinic. Talabani was last in Minnesota for a checkup in May 2011. He also had heart surgery at the clinic in August 2008.
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Iraqi president leaves after Mayo Clinic treatment
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011, file photo Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, chat during a special ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Talabani is in the U.S. for medical care. Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan Anderson says Talabani has "routine medical appointments" at the clinic in Minnesota this week. It's not Talabani's first visit to the Mayo Clinic. Talabani was last in Minnesota for a checkup in May 2011. He also had heart surgery at the clinic in August 2008.
(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool, File)
March 15, 2012
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ROCHESTER, Minn.—Iraq President Jalal Talabani has completed medical care in Minnesota.
Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan Anderson says Talabani had "routine medical appointments" at the clinic in Rochester this week.
It's not Talabani's first visit to the Mayo Clinic. The Post-Bulletin ( http://bit.ly/w1SAyY) says Talabani was last in Rochester for a checkup in May 2011. He also had heart surgery at the clinic in August 2008.
Mayo spokeswoman Kelley Luckstein (LUK'-styn) says Talabani left the clinic Wednesday. He is scheduled to host an Arab League Summit March 29.
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