US Activist Lori Berenson and Baby Son Returned to Peruvian Prison Just 3 Months After Release on Parole; With 28,000 Killed Since 2006, Movement for Drug Legalization in Mexico Takes Hold; Obama Signs $600M Bill to Increase Militarization of US-Mexico Border; Filipina American Torture, Abduction Survivor Melissa Roxas: Graphic Torture Video a Rare Glimpse into Widespread Abuses in the Philippines.
Today’s Headlines
* US Withdraws Last Combat Brigade from Iraq, But 56,000 Troops Remain
* Hundreds Protest Deadly US Raid in Afghanistan
* US: Afghan Ban on Armed Contractors Could Threaten Aid
* US Boosts Pakistan Aid to $150M
* Lori Berenson Reimprisoned in Peru
* US Still Holding Gitmo Prisoner Cleared for Release in 2004
* ACLU Files Suit over Torture, Jailing of US Citizen in UAE
* Howard Dean Opposes Islamic Community Center Near Ground Zero
* US Accused of Pressuring India to Drop Bhopal Claims
* US Deported Record 393,000 in 2009
* Justice Dept. Threatens to Sue Arizona Sheriff for Rebuffing Investigators
* Bailed-Out GM Files Papers for Public Offering