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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States is threatening to stop helping with U.N. peacekeeping operations unless U.S. participants are given immunity from the new international war crimes tribunal. A draft resolution presented by the United States to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday would exempt peacekeepers from prosecution, and U.S. officials say they won't send Americans on such missions unless they receive that protection. Critics see the draft resolution as a U.S. effort to undermine the International Criminal Court, which is opposed by the Bush administration. The international pact creating the court takes effect July 1. Sixty-seven countries have...