NATION : Red Cross Visits ‘POW’ Noriega
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MIAMI — Red Cross officials today talked with Manuel A. Noriega in federal prison, a visit allowed by the United States under its agreement to treat the deposed Panamanian leader as a prisoner of war.
All details of the visit will be kept strictly confidential, said International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman Ann Stingle in Washington.
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