1.   It remained unclear whether the action related to efforts to seize Gen. Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian leader, on drugs charges.

2.   Except for the drug trial of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, Miami federal court has not seen a case so packed with such globe-spanning implications.

3.   Mueller directed probes of several sensitive cases including those of John Gotti, the New York mobster, and Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega.

4.   Noriega, the former Panamanian leader who is now serving a prison sentence in the United States, used BCCI for some of his financial dealings.

5.   The letter was made public after La Prensa published a composite picture of Samper and the police mug shot of the former Panamanian leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega.

6.   U.S. officials said the U.S. delegation will instead be headed by former President Jimmy Carter, who signed the canal treaty with Panamanian leader Gen. Omar Torrijos.

7.   Deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was arraigned in federal district court in Miami on drug-trafficking charges.

8.   CNN agreed Monday to broadcast a public admission that it disobeyed a court order when it aired phone conversations of deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega four years ago.

9.   The Panamanian leader said Honduras has also been approached by the United States to help in dealing with refugees.

10.   The Panamanian leader is in Peru as an observer to a summit that has brought together leaders of Andean countries.