Baghdad, Oct 12, SPA -- President Jalal Talabani and othertop politicians on Wednesday praised as "historic" thelast-minute compromises that negotiators reached on thedraft constitution and urged Iraqis to vote "yes" in thisweekend's referendum. "I have good news for the Iraqi people on this historicday. An agreement has been reached on amendments to thedraft constitution," Talabani said during a nationallytelevised news conference. "There is no excuse for ArabSunnis to boycott the vote now that we have responded toall their demands and suggestions." He was followed at the microphone by several other Iraqipoliticians who also praised the compromises reached onTuesday night by Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish powerbrokers onthe charter ahead of Saturday's constitutional referendum. They included National Assembly Speaker Hajim Al-Hassani,a Sunni; Vice President Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni; formerPrime Minister Ayad Allawi, a Shiite; and Abdul AzizAl-Hakim, a Shiite who heads the Iraqi United Alliance, thelargest coalition in parliament, The Associated Press reported.--SPA1429 Local Time 1129 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/295861