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Former MIT student Lori Berenson freed from Peruvian jail

May 28, 2010

Former MIT student Lori Berenson has been freed from a jail in Peru, where she was serving a 20-year sentence for collaborating with Marxist rebels.

Berenson must stay in Peru until her sentence ends in 2015. To read more, please visit: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8FwwINKI2W--0as4bBJ2IZmXbWQD9FVC3700

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