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Last week, Oklahoma judges considered a fundamental question - the status of international law in state courts in the U.S. And they made a paradigm-shifting decision. Not only did they properly treat a U.S. treaty as binding law, they also relied on a March decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. (The ICJ, the U.N.'s highest tribunal, is also often referred to as the World Court.) The result was to halt an execution that would have taken place May 18--the execution of Mexican national Osbaldo Torres, whose right to assistance from the Mexican consulate was not...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Facing worldwide opposition, the United States has retreated from its demand that American peacekeepers be permanently immune from the new war crimes tribunal. U.S. diplomats are instead proposing a yearlong ban on any investigation. The compromise proposal made Wednesday marked a significant change in the Bush administration's campaign to shield Americans from frivolous or politically motivated prosecutions by the new International Criminal Court. Members of the U.N. Security Council have been grappling with a U.S. threat to end U.N. peacekeeping operations, beginning with Bosnia's on July 15, if it didn't get blanket immunity. They said the...

The Federation of GLOBAL NATION BASIC POLICIES A one world federation government: “ It must succeed for poor and rich alike. It must deliver rights no less than riches. It must provide social justice and equity no less than economic prosperity and enhanced communication.” - Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations THE FEDERATION OF GLOBAL NATION: WHY DO WE NEED IT? Accountability: It will make Regional Governments, that is, the government of your own country, more accountable for their administration over the people. Regional Governments that become prone to corruption and mismanagement will be dissolved and replaced with...

The original on the ICC is attached below. See my other posts on this! Also, check out replies concerning how the Pope and the Catholic Church would probably come under review. Don't expect to hear too much about this too soon in the mass media. The ICC is about ACCUMULATING POWER with an eye toward the struggles and conflicts THEY plan to impose on us in 2010-2025.

CRAWFORD, Texas — With the Senate set to debate trade legislation in earnest, President Bush asked lawmakers again Saturday to give him broader powers in negotiating trade pacts. He said it would lift the entire economy. Bush wants Congress to give him trade promotion authority, which would allow him to negotiate international trade pacts that Congress could approve or reject but could not change. That, he argues, would accelerate agreements by giving other countries more confidence that Congress wouldn't tinker with trade deals the administration negotiated. Lawmakers have denied presidents that power since 1994, but they appear ready to go along this...

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Brian Dennehy says quot;nobody can imitate Bobby Knight,quot; so he does quot;an interpretationquot; of Knight in ESPN's quot;Season on the Brink.quot; An Interview on the Brink By Bill Simmons Page 2 columnist Three weeks ago, ESPN sent me to Winnipeg to spend one day on the set of the upcoming Bobby Knight biopic, quot;Season on the Brink.quot; After the requisite number of therapy sessions to deal with after-effects of spending 24 hours in Winnipeg in December, I was finally able to transcribe my interview with actor Brian Dennehy, who plays Knight in quot;Brinkquot; (my column about my day on the...