A medical examination has found former dictator Manuel Noriega has limited mobility due to a stroke, authorities in Panama said.

More than two decades after the US forced him from power, Manuel Noriega returned to Panama as a prisoner and, to many of those he once ruled with impunity, an irrelevant man.

FORMER military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega was flown home to Panama yesterday to be punished once again for crimes he committed during a career that saw him transformed from a Cold War ally of Washington to the target of a US invasion.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega will be extradited to his homeland in the next few weeks, the French Justice Ministry said.

A French court ruled that former dictator Manuel Noriega can be extradited to Panama to serve time for past crimes, more than 20 years after being ousted and arrested in a US invasion.

Panama's government said the long-awaited extradition of former dictator Manuel Noriega is one step closer to reality after a French court said it received US approval to send Noriega home to face a 20-year prison sentence here.

France is to extradite former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, his lawyer said.

Panama is again seeking the extradition of former dictator Manuel Noriega from France, this time for his role in the killing of the leader of an attempted military coup in 1989.

FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was jailed for seven years in France yesterday after being convicted of laundering drug money.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was jailed for seven years in France today after being convicted of laundering drug money.

Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega today began speaking in a Paris courtroom in a trial that could send him to jail for another decade after 20 years in US custody.

Panama today requested that France extradite former dictator Manuel Noriega, bringing hope to those who have demanded for two decades that he face justice at home for alleged tortures and killings of their relatives.

FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega arrived in France yesterday to face money-laundering charges after being extradited from the United States.

A judge in Paris has ordered former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to be jailed in France pending a new trial on money laundering charges.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has approved the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, an official said tonight.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is to be sent for trial in France on money laundering charges.

A US federal judge refused today to block the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds through French banks.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega appeared in federal court in Miami today as attorneys debated where he will be sent when he finishes his drug and racketeering sentence in a Miami prison next month.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, to be released from a US prison in September, was due in court in Florida today for a hearing on an extradition request from France.

ARGENTINA’S preparations for today’s Test with Italy have been disrupted after coach Marcelo Loffreda reacted angrily to the appointment of Patricio Noriega to his coaching staff.

In El Lobo (Warner Vision, €22.99), Eduardo Noriega plays a builder down on his luck who is persuaded to infiltrate Basque terror group ETA in a high stakes game that quickly lands him in the middle of a murderous escapade.

US president George Bush will be committed during his second term in office to the “liberation of Cuba” by extending moral and political support to the communist nation’s people, a top State Department official says.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was denied early release from a Florida prison, despite a letter from a judge saying the 70-year-old former general had spent enough time behind bars.

Rebels began patrolling the streets of the Haitian capital as rebel leader Guy Philippe declared himself the new chief of the military and threatened to arrest the country’s prime minister.

YOUR columnist Rónán Mullen (Irish Examiner, Oct 29) says that recent events in Iraq show the American cause is “honourable”.

FBI agent David Rupert told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he had discussed setting up an offshore bank off the Florida coast to launder crime money after his businesses in New York state had been seized by a bank because he defaulted on a loan.

Jonny Wilkinson has said he is 'enthusiastic' about this weekend's clash between England and the Wallabies in Melbourne on Saturday.

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Duncan McRae will relaunch his rugby career against the Lions tomorrow after firing a parting shot at Premiership under-achievers Saracens.