Noriega extradited to France
The United States has extradited former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to France, where he faces money-laundering charges. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed Noriega's extradition order on Monday before he was put on a plane to France. Noriega was convicted in absentia in France in 1999 for 'laundering more than three million dollars in drug proceeds.' He faces up to 10 years in prison in France over the charges.