Noriega returns to Panama a largely irrelevant man (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111212/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_panama_noriega_s_return"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111209/capt.62424dcb8cf6479795d18282eb154f6d-62424dcb8cf6479795d18282eb154f6d-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=aQweSt3Bg2J8f_rMtgcDEw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish 'Noriega Murderer' during a demonstration against the return of the Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega in Panama City, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Noriega, who will be extradited from France to Panama on Sunday, was ousted in the United States' 1989 invasion of Panama, convicted of drug racketeering in Miami and served 20 years in a U.S. prison. The U.S. extradited Noriega to France in 2010 to face charges he laundered some $3 million in drug money, where he was convicted and handed a seven-year sentence. Noriega, now 77, will be jailed again in Panama, for the slayings of two political opponents in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)" border="0" /></a>AP - More than two decades after the U.S. forced him from power, Manuel Noriega returned to Panama on Sunday as a prisoner and, to many of those he once ruled with impunity, an irrelevant man.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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