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U.S.-led occupation of Iraq: Witnesses and hospital officials say that 22 Iraqis, among them children, women and youth, are killed in a U.S. air strike in a residential neighborhood in Fallujah.

Leaders of 25 countries agree on a draft European Constitution for the European Union at the Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels. Croatia is accepted as a candidate for joining the EU.
Kidnapped hostage Paul Johnson is beheaded by militants linked to Al Qaeda.
Vladimir Putin says that Russia had warned the United States several times before the 2003 invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein was planning terrorist attacks against the U.S.
Colombia's left-wing FARC rebels claim responsibility for the massacre of 34 coca farmers found dead earlier this week.

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-* '''[[U.S.-led occupation of Iraq]]''': Witnesses and hospital officials claim that 22 [[Iraq|Iraqis]], among them children, women and youth, are killed in a [[United States|U.S.]] air strike in a residential neighborhood in [[Fallujah]].
+* '''[[U.S.-led occupation of Iraq]]''': Witnesses and hospital officials say that 22 [[Iraq|Iraqis]], among them children, women and youth, are killed in a [[United States|U.S.]] air strike in a residential neighborhood in [[Fallujah]].
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 * Leaders of 25 countries agree on a draft [[European Constitution]] for the '''[[European Union]]''' at the [[Intergovernmental Conference]] in [[Brussels]]. '''[[Croatia]]''' is accepted as a [[EU enlargement|candidate]] for joining the EU.