Panama's jailed ex-ruler Noriega 'to return Sunday'

Panama's jailed former ruler Manuel Noriega will be extradited from France to his homeland on Sunday, Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez says.

The minister says Noriega - who has already been convicted in absentia of corruption and murder in Panama - will serve his sentences in his native land.

Noriega, aged 77, is also wanted in Panama for other crimes allegedly committed during his 1983-89 rule.

He has already spent more than 20 years in French and US prisons.

Panamanian officials are currently in France dealing with paperwork ahead of Noriega's return, which was cleared a fortnight ago by a Paris appeals court.       Read Here