The surge could open a window of escape from Iraq even without forcing the warring factions there to make a permanent peace.

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Two of the injured occupants managed to escape by breaking a rear window in the submerged vehicle, emerging from the pond, then running about a quarter mile to a nearby home to call 911, Holt said.

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He was pushed from the window while trying to escape and suffered injuries to his legs and back.

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The girl, all of 9 years old, freed herself and crawled out of the window of the wrecked Ford Escape.

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The hall was lucky to escape destruction by both the 1834 fire and World War II bombing with its vast stained glass arched window dominating one end still intact (c).

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