Daily Headlines: February 1, 2008

* A Brazilian judge has barred the use of a Carnival parade float depicting models of Holocaust victims.

* Mexican director Guillermo del Toro may be behind the lens of two upcoming films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's “The Hobbit.”

* The Argentine government punished two retired admirals and a former navy captain for their roles in the country’s “Dirty War.”

* In an interview, Colombia’s police chief said that a former police cornel fired for helping a drug capo should be extradited to the U.S.

* Follow-up: Ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega cannot be extradited to France until all of his appeals have been exhausted, according to a U.S. magistrate.

Sources- Guardian UK, BBC News, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC, New York Times,

Image- CNN (“The Viradouro samba group has been ordered to remove mannequins representing Holocaust victims.”)