While Americans die, Iraq president is on a diet at Mayo Clinic

May 21, 2007
While Americans die, Iraq president is on a diet at Mayo Clinic

CHICAGO (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has begun a weight loss
treatment expected to last several weeks at the Mayo Clinic in the United
States.

The Mayo Clinic would not disclose what type of treatments Talabani would
receive as part of his "comprehensive examination," but the 74-year-old portly
politician said last week that the tests were aimed at helping him to shed some
weight.