Afghan girls, taking refuge in Pakistan during the military conflict, are attending schools for the first time.

BBC: Afghan girls' second chance

Stranded truckers and a group of students from Kent are taking refuge at the Jug and Glass pub at Hartington.

BBC: Derbyshire snowy weather 'worst for 50 years'

At first they had slept in the woods and in caves before taking refuge in Srebrenica, soon surrounded by Serb soldiers.

ECONOMIST: The Yugoslav war

The FBI wanted to prevent the Davidians from taking refuge in a concrete bunker, but a cold round fired shortly after 6 a.m. bounced off the roof.

CNN: The return of Waco

Future NASA and ESA missions that are planned for Mars will have to dig deeper to search for evidence of life, which may still be taking refuge underground.

FORBES: The Surface Of Mars Is Too Dry For Life

Taking refuge from enormous waves, hurricane winds and sub-zero temperatures under a thin canvas flap, the crew of James Caird miraculously arrived at their destination 16 days later.

ECONOMIST: Antarctic exploration

The conference would take place in July, when my students of English would be taking refuge in their hyperactive hormones, so as to protect themselves from the cold, thus enabling me to have a holiday.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Borges and the Eternal Orangutans'

In addition to declining to claim the body herself, which is her right as his spouse, Russell has taken other steps to distance herself from Tsarnaev since taking refuge at her family's home on April 19, hours after her husband was killed.

NPR: Uncle: Family To Claim Boston Bomb Suspect's Body