Noriega appealed against extradition to France where he was convicted in absentia on money laundering charges.

他曾因洗钱罪在法国被缺席审判。

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Metzner said Noriega should not spend another seven years imprisoned in France after already serving his sentence in the United States.

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Noriega says maintaining sanctions will give the U.S.leverage to press Cuba's rulers to release political prisoners and grant their citizens political rights.

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"The critical issue was, of course,politics." "They by all means are trying to keep General Noriega in jail.

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Ms. NORIEGA: Because I think the right way to do something is in a peaceful way.

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Among them is Carlos Duque, who in 1989 was General Noriega's candidate in fraudulent elections.

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Speaking in his own defence last week, Noriega dismissed the money-laundering charges as "an imaginary banking scheme".

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