BAGHDAD: Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council announced yesterday a transitional government would take over in June from the US-led powers, in a far swifter restoration of Iraqi sovereignty than first envisaged.
The interim council, created by US administrator Paul Bremer in July, said an elected government would follow by the end of 2005 after a Constitution had been drafted and ratified.
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