According to Reuters, the Hague is currently weighing Britain's claim to Chagos Islands.<br />Mauritius has been appealing the case to judges at the World Court on Monday.<br />It says Britain illegally stripped it of the Indian Ocean archipelago.<br />The Islands are now home to a major U.S. air base.<br />In 1965 Britain detached the Chagos Islands from its colony of Mauritius.<br />Mauritius became independent three years later.<br />The sparsely populated Chagos Islands, however, remained overseas British territory. <br />
