31.   Even with merger close, China-Hong Kong border still splits families.

32.   Families have been split up by the returns.

33.   Families were split and Hindu-Muslim riots left tens of thousands dead.

34.   Fifty years ago, Barbara Sorby and her six siblings were taken from their parents by welfare workers and sent to live in orphanages, splitting their family forever.

35.   Families have been split up.

36.   Followers were told to give all their belongings to the cults and families were split apart with nonbelievers considered to be evil.

37.   Fred Li, a legislator who signed the bipartisan letter, said Tong should be reprieved on humanitarian grounds and to avoid splitting his family.

38.   Halinen appealed to the Israelis for a halt to the border closures which split families, caused severe economic hardship and prevented children from going to school.

39.   Halinen appealed to the Israelis for a halt to the border closures which had split families, caused severe economic hardship and prevented children from going to school.

40.   He did not specify how many ethnic Albanians would be accepted on a temporary basis, but said France would avoid splitting up families in the process.