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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Under attack from its allies, the United States late on Wednesday introduced a new compromise proposal that would exempt its peacekeepers from prosecution by the world's first permanent criminal court for 12 months.The American draft resolution, presented to the 15-nation U.N. Security Council, drops an earlier demand -- rejected by most members -- that immunity from the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction be automatically renewed every 12 months.Whether the new proposals will be approved is not yet clear after a day of public debate in which dozens of countries flailed the Bush administration for trying to stand...

YES voting, which now has 62%, is winning this poll and A YES means you are IN FAVOR OF the International criminal court (AND THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATING IN SAME!). The NOs only have 38%. Obviously, they haven't heard from us Freepers!! Please go to http://forums.ft.com/2/OpenTopic and let them know what YOU think.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)- The dream of creating a permanent court to try the world's most heinous crimes became a reality on Thursday, hailed by many as a landmark human rights achievement but rejected by the United States. Thank God Al Gore wasn't able to steal the presidency with his attempts to manipulate voters in Florida and reject the mail-in ballots of the military. He would have signed on to this piece of crap. At a solemn ceremony at U.N. headquarters, 10 countries brought the total number of nations to ratify a Rome treaty establishing the International Criminal Court to 66...