Jalal Talabani (R), the current chairman of Iraq 's U.S.-appointed
Governing Council, attends a news conference with council member Ahmed
Chalabi in Baghdad with November 15, 2003. Iraq's interim Governing
Council said on Saturday a transitional sovereign government would be
in place by next June and an elected government would follow by the end
of 2005 after the drafting of a constitution. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
REUTERS

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