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...population -- demanding that he initiate electoral reform. Popular protest has been growing steadily. Last month 250,000 rallied in Tel Aviv to denounce the political system; this week protesters plan to hold a mass demonstration at the Knesset. Says lawyer Eliad Shraga, who has been staging a vigil outside Herzog's house in Jerusalem: "We need a skipper who will take us to the left or to the right." Otherwise, he fears, "we will reach a state of anarchy...
...midnight approached, the crowd keeping vigil on the front steps of the government building in Tbilisi, capital of the Georgian Republic, suddenly burst into song. The anthem was an ancient call to battle, glorifying freedom as "the sweetest of words." As its haunting harmonies echoed down nearby Rustaveli Prospect, tens of thousands of Georgians thrust clenched fists into the air. One year ago to the day, on April 9, 1989, Soviet troops had broken up a peaceful demonstration on the very same spot with tanks, shovels and poison gas, killing 20 people. Last week residents gathered in the streets again...
Activists still maintain that their fight is not over. In fact, they say that each day for the remainder of the year, groups of two students will hold a midday silent vigil outside Clark's office to show that they "will not go away...
...predicted that California would fall into the sea. That may be one reason why church officials have been denying that the faithful will be diving for cover anytime soon, insisting that the sudden influx of followers to Montana is merely a response to Prophet's call for a prayer vigil to deflect the danger of a nuclear catastrophe...
...bench, senior Scott McCormack sat, head down, holding a silent vigil with fellow defender Kevin Sneddon. At the other end of the rink, Young knelt in silence next to the goal. There were few players who left the ice with dry eyes...