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The girls were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria by the extremist Islamic group Boko Haram in April.

Actress Salma Hayek holds up a sign reading "bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as she arrives for the screening of Saint-Laurent at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Eleven-year-old girls Aiesha Beasley, left, and Marcella Nembhard, both of Atlanta, hold balloons before they release them during the closing of the "Bring Back Our Girls" prayer vigil at the Central United Methodist Church Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Atlanta. The 230 balloons were released in memory of the Nigerian girls kidnapped a month ago. JASON GETZ/ Special

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, center, and others release 230 balloons in memory of the Nigerian girls that were kidnapped a month ago following the "Bring Back Our Girls" prayer vigil at the Central United Methodist Church Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Atlanta. The Rev. Joseph Lowery led the event which was behalf of the nearly 300 Nigerian girls kidnapped a month ago from their school. JASON GETZ/ Special

Actress Salma Hayek, center, holds up a sign reading "bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as she arrives for the screening of Saint-Laurent at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2014. At left is director Paul Brizzi, second left, director Roger Allers, second right director Joan C. Gratz and director Gaetan Brizzi. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Actress Julie Gayet, right, and director Lisa Azuelos hold a sign reading "bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as they arrive for the screening of Saint-Laurent at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

From left, the cast of The Expendables Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, and Mel Gibson hold up banners reading, "Bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as they arrive for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The cast of The Expendables 3, from left, Kelsey Grammer, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Ronda Rousey and Mel Gibson hold up banners reading, "Bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as they arrive for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Actor Sylvester Stallone, center, stands with the cast of The Expendables 3, holding up banners reading, "Bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as they arrive for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

A woman addresses the crowd, as others hold placards saying: Bring back our girls, during a rally at the Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel Tower, to show support for the release of the kidnapped girls in Nigeria in Paris, Tuesday May 13, 2014. A French official says Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to attend a security summit on Saturday in Paris to focus on the Boko Haram terrorist network, which abducted more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month. Signs center and left read, save the Nigerian schoolgirls. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

A woman addresses the crowd, as others hold placards saying: Bring back our girls, during a rally at the Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel Tower, to show support for the release of the kidnapped girls in Nigeria in Paris, Tuesday May 13, 2014. A French official says Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to attend a security summit on Saturday in Paris to focus on the Boko Haram terrorist network, which abducted more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

A woman holds her baby and a poster reading "Bring Back our Girls" during a rally at the Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel Tower, to support the release of the kidnapped girls in Nigeria, Tuesday May 13, 2014 in Paris. Boko Haram, the militant group that is holding some 276 female students it kidnapped last month from a boarding school in northeast Nigeria, said the girls will only be freed after the government releases jailed militants. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Kosovo president Atifete Jahjaga, front center left, holds a banner reading "#Bring Back Our Girls" in solidarity against the abduction three weeks ago of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram, in capital Pristina on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Kosovo president Jahjaga was joined by Kosovo lawmakers and human rights activist in solidarity as the kidnapping has ignited a viral social media campaign that has brought renewed attention to Boko's Haram campaign of violence and protests around the world. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

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Actress Salma Hayek holds up a sign reading "bring back our girls", part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as she arrives for the screening of Saint-Laurent at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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