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World Court Tells U.S. to Freeze Mexican Executions, By Abigail Levene THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court ordered the United States Wednesday to stay executions of three Mexicans - two on death row in President Bush's state of Texas - and reserved the right to intervene in dozens more cases. Mexico took Washington to the International Court of Justice at the Hague last month, saying more than 50 of its nationals on death row should get retrials because U.S. authorities breached an international treaty by failing to tell them of their rights to consular help after their arrests. With the whole case likely to be lengthy, Mexico asked the highest U.N. court to instruct urgent stays of execution for 51 men...
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