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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The House on Monday stood for an emotional moment of silence for Georgia Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died last week from pancreatic cancer.Watch in the video player above.Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who presided, remembered Lewis as the conscience of the House. Several people on the dais wept as the House stood in silence, heads bowed. When Pelosi tried to move on, those gathered interrupted with sustained applause. Our hero, our colleague, our brother, our friend received and answered his final summons from God almighty, said Rep. Sanford Bishop, the dean of the Georgia delegation.Lewis, 80, died Friday, several months after he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis survived a brutal police beating during a 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama. He represented Georgia in the House since 1987, and was known for his kindness and humility.MORE: John Lewis was prepared to die for freedom long ago, say friends Our nation has indeed lost a giant, said Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga.Ea
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The council reluctantly approved a resolution that orders the new International Criminal Court to give a 12-month grace period to U.N. peacekeepers from countries such as the United States that are not in support of the new global court.This one-year directive is a temporary immunity from the International Criminal Court for not only the U.S. but for any country that is not a party to the treaty, said Richard Grenell, spokesman for the U.S. mission.U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Negroponte and members of th
stanley cup e Bush administration warned that the U.S. would not participate in later international missions as long as American troops may be investigated or prosecuted by the new global court. The U.S. originally demanded that American peacekeepers receive blanket immunity from the new International Criminal Court. The court came into existence on July 1, 2002.This threat could have terminated the mission in Bosnia if the U.N. did not reached a decision by Monday night.The U.S. retreated from its original demands after facing intense criticism during an open
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adidas samba lso opposes the ICC, supported the U.S. stance.Negroponte introduced a proposal petitioning for a one year exemption that expresses the intention to renew the request 8230;for further 12-month periods for as long as may be necess
