AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - East Timor demanded on Monday that Australia return seized documents relating to the two countries' negotiations over oil and gas reserves thought to be worth tens of billions of dollars.
The case brought before the United Nations' top court pits one of Asia's poorest countries against its wealthy giant neighbour, Australia, in a wider dispute involving spy agencies, bugging allegations, snatched documents and potentially huge rewards from developing the Greater Sunrise oil and gas fields.
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