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December 20, 2011

Peru Allows Once-Imprisoned U.S. Activist Lori Berenson to Visit Family For Holidays 
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The once-imprisoned U.S. activist Lori Berenson has been allowed to
leave Peru for the first time she was arrested in 1995. Berenson boarded
a plane last night along with two-year-old son. She is planning to spend
the holidays with her parents in New York City. Berenson was paroled
last year after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence for aiding the
outlawed Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.



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