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Iran president leaves for landmark trip to Iraq
02 Mar 2008 04:27:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, March 2 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a landmark visit to Iraq, a Reuters witness said.

Ahmadinejad, accompanied by a delegation of ministers and senior officials, flew from an airport in Tehran to make the first trip to Iraq by an Iranian president, the witness said.

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi)
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