He snuck back into the country on Sept. 21 and found refuge at the Brazilian Embassy in the capital.

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Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in the capital, Male, after a court ordered his arrest.

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Today, a herd of takins lives within a refuge at the edge of Thimpu, the sleepy capital of a country the size of Switzerland with a total population of just 700, 000.

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Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi told CNN Wednesday the unconfirmed reports indicated that the Iraqi president had taken refuge in the city of Baqubah, northeast of the Iraqi capital.

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He apparently feared for his life and sought refuge inside the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Bissau, the country's capital.

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