PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.

Switzerland's top criminal court said Tuesday that it was likely to rule in two to three weeks' time on film-maker Roman Polanski's appeal for bail.

Official says Swiss court likely to rule in 2-3 weeks on Roman Polanski's request for bail. Switzerland's highest criminal court is expected to decide in two or three weeks whether to release film director Roman Polanski on bail pending a decision on his extradition to the United States, a court official said Tuesday.

Brazil's supreme court on Wednesday voted to extradite an Italian ex-militant wanted for multiple murders dating from the 1970s, Cesare Battisti, despite a government order granting him political asylum.

Brazil Supreme Court: President Silva should decide on Italian fugitive's possible extradition. Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide whether to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a former leftist rebel wanted by his native country for political killings in the 1970s.

Brazil's supreme court Wednesday authorized the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s, but left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with final say in the case.

Roman Polanski's lawyer says jailed director's family bearing brunt of his Swiss imprisonment. The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday.

PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski will not agree voluntarily to being extradited to the United States over a 1970s child sex case, the film director's lawyer said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Friday.

Thousands of members of Thailand's "Yellow Shirt" protest group were set to rally in Bangkok Sunday against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thousands of members of Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" protest movement are set to rally in Bangkok on Sunday against a visit by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to neighbouring Cambodia.

Thousands of demonstrators on Sunday attended a protest by Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" movement against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thousands of demonstrators from Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" movement protested in Bangkok Sunday against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

A Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman said Sunday that arrested film director Roman Polanski was in custody to await extradition under a US warrant.

Swiss police detained Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski and could extradite him to the United States for having sex with a 13-year-old girl three decades ago, authorities said Sunday.

Los Angeles prosecutors instigated the arrest of Roman Polanski after learning he planned to attend a film festival in Switzerland, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

Swiss police detained Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski and could extradite him to the United States for having sex with a 13-year-old girl three decades ago, authorities said Sunday.

Roman Polanski may not be returned to the United States for several months if he fights extradition following his arrest in Switzerland, officials in Los Angeles said Sunday.

The US Justice Department said Sunday that film director Roman Polanski was arrested on a US warrant but declined to comment on plans to seek his extradition on three-decade-old child sex charges.

Swiss police detained Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski and could extradite him to the United States for having sex with a 13-year-old girl three decades ago, authorities said Sunday.