Press Freedom Day spawns countless events -- vigils, rallies and debates --in countries around the world.
In London and many other cities people gathered outside U.S. embassies for candlelit vigils.
Campaigners to save it say they will hold vigils outside it every week until it is reopened.
For a fourth consecutive night, mourners held vigils Wednesday to remember the dead and pray for the wounded.
It reminds people that during the visit, special vigils will be held in churches to pray for the Pope.
"This has been a 10-year nightmare, " said Ms. Milam, noting years of annual vigils and marches commemorating the girl's disappearance.
In that time, the women saw their parents on television at vigils held for them, according to the law enforcement source.
Other vigils were held across Spain and state employees working abroad did the same in Brussels and Santiago, Europa Press said.
The shooting in Newtown spurred the nation to respond, from prayer vigils and donations to around-the-clock news coverage of the event.
The deadly attack and the shocking videotape prompted several large marches and prayer vigils in Jackson, a city of about 537, 000 people.
You held vigils, you spoke out, year after year, Congress after Congress.
Around the country, communities are coming together this month to hold vigils, public awareness programs, survivor speak outs and town hall meetings.
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Campaigners who want to save a village pub in Gloucestershire say they will hold vigils outside it every week until it is reopened.
He began the vigils in 1977, after discovering a reference to the Toaster in a local newspaper's archives and deciding to check its veracity.
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Vigils were held Monday night, and one is set for Tuesday.
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They have flooded the airwaves with ads, and held hundreds of vigils and rallies and demonstrations, all in an effort to change the votes of about 15 republican House members.
They've held "Vigils Against Violence" the last Sunday of every month and maintain justice4jenna.org, a Web site devoted to her memory and to the effort to track down her killer.
"The next step is not only do we need to be having vigils, but we need to be thinking about how we are going to communicate urgent notices to our student body, " she said.
Organizers of MoveOn.org helped her organize nationwide vigils.
The family was relieved and grateful for all the support in a community where ribbons, fliers and vigils all symbolized the prayers for the safe return of the boy, whom law enforcement officials have only identified by his first name, Ethan.
But the cause endured and the struggle continued, waged by the family of Matthew Shepard, by the family of James Byrd, by folks who held vigils and led marches, by those who rallied and organized and refused to give up, by the late Senator Ted Kennedy who fought so hard for this legislation -- (applause) -- and all who toiled for years to reach this day.
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