THE HAGUE (Reuters) - France asked the World Court on Monday to throw out a case launched by Equatorial Guinea, saying the African country was wrongly using the court to shield the son of its ruler from prosecution in France following a corruption investigation.
The case before the United Nation's highest court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, is seen as an important test of the limits of diplomatic immunity.
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