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Preliminary hearings opened in a case in which Armenia, near table with legal representative Yeghishe Kirakosyan folding his hands in front of his face, is asking judges at the United Nations' top court to order Azerbaijan, far table, to protect the rights of ethnic Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh region that was reclaimed last month by Azerbaijan, at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)