A federal judge on Friday rejected a request by Manuel Noriega to block his extradition to France, paving the way for the former Panamanian dictator to face 10 years in prison on money laundering charges in the European nation. The ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler puts Noriega's extradition in the hands of Magistrate Judge William Turnoff, who is scheduled to conduct a hearing on the French request on Tuesday. Frank Rubino, Noriega's attorney, had argued his client's designation as a prisoner of war (POW) – a designation made by Hoeveler shortly after Noriega's 1992 drug trafficking trial...