Desperate families will give up everything to find the ransom money that will win the release of a father, a brother.

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Tunisian-born, she led a successful campaign last year to win the release of her husband who was deported by the United States to Syria as a suspected terrorist.

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The cardinal also said he pulled strings to try to win the priests' release, convincing a military chaplain who celebrated Mass for the then-head of the junta, Gen.

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