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November 17, 2009

US to Attend ICC Meeting as Observer
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The United States has announced it will attend an International Criminal
Court meeting this week as an observer for the first time since The
Hague court was set up in 2002. The US signed the ICC treaty during Bill
Clinton’s presidency, but it was never ratified by Congress. Clinton’s
successor George W. Bush later rejected the idea of joining the court.



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