The US is leaning heavily on countries in the Balkans to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from the International Criminal Court. Nations have been told that they forfeit US aid if they do not sign. This is the latest attempt to tie foreign aid to obedience in political issues: not that long ago, the U.S. tied AIDS relief money to recipients removing all restrictions on genetically-modified food.

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