Word: vigilancy
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...week features five events over the next four days, including a candlelight vigil, teach-in, barbecue and several discussions aimed at increasing awareness and promoting action...
...after both countries announced they would withdraw some of the estimated 1 million troops amassed at their common border. A Pakistan Foreign Ministry statement described India's partial withdrawal as "a step in the right direction." But Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes said "there will be no lowering of vigil" in Kashmir. Fernandes also ruled out any talks with Pakistan in the immediate future. BURMA Lost Childhood Human Rights Watch accused Burma's army of forcing children into military service, where they were subjected to beatings, pushed into active combat and prevented from contacting their families. The U.S.-based rights...
After nightfall on the first anniversary of Sept. 11, I went to a candlelight vigil at the Weeks footbridge. Because a cold front was pushing summer air out to sea, it was windy. My candle guttered in its paper cup and dripped hot wax all over my shoes. Most people had green glowsticks, and, solemn and eerily illuminated, we all encircled a bagpiper who was squeezing out an asthmatic rendition of “Amazing Grace.” It looked like a rave party staged by Fellini...
Many of the nearly 1,000 people who attended the vigil said they appreciated the opportunity for formal personal reflection...
...John P. Kiernan, a New Yorker who said he knew many who died on Sept. 11, the vigil was only one of a series of painful remembrances...