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A Paris appeals court approved the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega on Wednesday, who is serving time in France for money laundering. He has been convicted in absentia for corruption and murder in Panama.

French authorities have agreed to extradite former strongman Manuel Noriega (pictured) to his native Panama, his lawyer said on Tuesday, adding that French Prime Minister François Fillon had signed the extradition deal on July 6.

Former dictator Manuel Noriega is set to return to Panama two decades after he was apprehended by US soldiers. France has said it is ready to send the former strongman home, where he faces charges carrying another 20-year sentence.

A French court has sentenced 76-year-old former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to seven years in jail for laundering some 2.3 million euros in drug money through French banks during the 1980s.

A French court is set rule Wednesday in the trial of 76-year-old former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, who has been charged with laundering some €2.3 million in drug money through French banks during the 1980s.

French prosecutors demanded Wednesday that former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega serve the maximum 10-year jail sentence over charges of laundering drug profits through France. A verdict is expected as early as next month.

Charged with laundering Colombian drug money in French banks, Manuel Noriega, Panama's former dictator, takes the stand to defend himself in a Paris court on Tuesday. Noriega's lawyers opened the trial by contesting his extradition to France.

Charged with laundering Colombian drug money in French banks, Manuel Noriega, Panama's former dictator, is set to stand trial in Paris on Monday, two months after the US agreed to extradite him to France.

The lawyer for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega says France is "scorning" the Geneva Conventions by failing to keep him in appropriate conditions following his extradition to Paris on Tuesday to face money-laundering charges.

A French court ordered Panama's former dictator Manuel Noriega to be remanded in custody as he awaits trial on charges of laundering drug money. His lawyers said they would fight for his release, citing immunity as a former head of state.