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JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2003 - AUSLAND - DIE NEUE IRAKISCHE REGIERUNG FORMIERT SICH: Members of the newly formed Iraq Governing Council hold a press conference under a large map of the country at a Baghdad conference hall on Sunday, July 13, 2003. A U.S.-backed Iraqi Governing Council held its inaugural meeting Sunday, stressing the start of a new era by abolishing national holidays that honored Saddam Hussein and creating a new one to mark his downfall. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/Jamal Nasrallah) [BAG02]