Iraqi President Falls Ill, Flies to Jordan

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — President Talabani is ill and has flown to neighboring Jordan for medical treatment, his office said yesterday, adding there was "no cause for worry."

The 73-year-old president was unconscious when an ambulance rushed him to the hospital in his hometown of Sulaimaniyah, a doctor in the northern Kurdish city told the Associated Press.

"After his condition stabilized, the doctors advised him to go to Jordan for a complete checkup," the doctor said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.