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U.N. court urges Britain to 'rapidly' give up Chagos Islands, home to key U.S. airbase
Britain should quickly give up control of the Chagos archipelago, the Indian Ocean islands that house the secretive U.S. airbase at Diego Garcia but are claimed by Mauritius, the International Court of Justice said Monday. Judges in The Hague said in a legal "advisory opinion" ...
World Court weighs U.K. claim to Chagos Islands, site of key U.S. base, in Indian Ocean
The legality of Britain's claim to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which house a major U.S. military base, will be considered by the International Court of Justice on Monday when it starts a week of hearings. Britain has overseen the islands since 1814 ...
Following bomb scare, Air France plane lands in Kenya en route from Mauritius to France
Kenyan authorities say they are questioning several suspects who were on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was forced to land early Sunday in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in ...
