E. Guinea urges UN court to freeze case against leader's son

[WorldNews]

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The UN's top court Monday opened three days of hearings into a plea by Equatorial Guinea to order France to suspend a corruption case against its vice president. France accuses Vice President Teodorin Obiang -- the son of the country's leader -- of embezzlement and the misuse of tens of millions of public funds. "The potential damage to Equatorial Guinea's sovereign rights is serious and imminent," he told the tribunal, which is based in The Hague.

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