THE HAGUE: Tiny, young Timor-Leste drags its giant neighbour Australia before the United Nations’ top court next week in a cloak-and-dagger case with billions of dollars in natural resources at stake.
At the heart of the David and Goliath dispute at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is a controversial oil and gas treaty signed by Dili in 2006, shortly after independence from Indonesia.
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