[link|http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=386211|The United States showed its opposition to the new International Criminal Court (ICC) set up at The Hague to try war crimes by boycotting its inauguration ceremony yesterday.]
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[link|http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=vn20030312054815455C378560&set_id=1| Annan's warning that war against Iraq without a second UN resolution would be illegal is being supported by a growing number of top British lawyers. ]