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7 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq attacks - Yahoo! News: "'I will go to the U.S.A and stay nearly three weeks to lose weight and have some rest and relaxation ... away from meetings and work,' Talabani, a 73-year-old Sunni Kurd, said before boarding a plane in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad."

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