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Wed 05 May 2004Security Council doubts over key aspectsThe United States is facing misgivings from other UN Security Council members over its plans to hand over to an Iraqi interim government on June 30th, particularly over the powers of the US-led force and how long it will stay in the country.France, Germany, Russia and China signalled they wanted changes to the US-British draft resolution on Iraq's transition.