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A draft resolution on Iraq to be put to the United Nations by America and Britain speaks of a multinational force ‘under unified command’ with authority to ‘take all necessary measures’ to maintain security and prevent terrorism; elections would be held by 31 January 2005 for a ‘transitional national assembly’ that in turn would draft a new constitution. Video footage was produced of a wedding party near the Iraqi border with Syria, which was attacked at night by an American helicopter, with the loss of more than 40 lives. The main motorway from Baghdad to Basra remained closed to all but US military use. General George Casey, a four-star general, is to replace Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez as commander of US forces in Iraq. President George Bush of the United States fell off his bicycle and grazed his hands, chin and nose. Israeli troops left the Rafah refugee camp on the border of Gaza and Egypt after a week in which 45 Palestinians were killed, including eight protesters who died when a tank opened fire; dozens of houses were demolished or destroyed. At least 500 people died in floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Five people were killed when part of the roof of the new Air France terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport collapsed. Dr Antonina Presnyakova died after pricking her finger with a needle containing the Ebola virus at the Vektor State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology outside Novosibirsk in Siberia.
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