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Lundi 21 février 2005
Le Soir reports that between 4,000 and 5,000 people attended a peacefull rally in front of the US Embassy this afternoon. Spokespersons from Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and the umbrella organization "Stop Bush" are quoted for several paras each.

Maandag, 21 februari 2005
De Standaard reports the day's meeting schedule, first with Albert and Paola, then Guy Verhofstadt (Premier), then Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, SG of NATO, then speaches at the Concert Noble, (Bush's text, Verhofstadt's text), followed by dinner with Jacques Chirac at the American Embassy. The photo essay has two very nice photos from yesterday's manif at the Stock Exchange, and some photos of Guy Verhofstadt looking goofy.

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Dimanche 20 février 2005
Le Soir reports that the Brussels Tribunal attracted a thousand people to a peacefull rally on the steps of the stock exchange this afternoon. The Brussels Tribunal is modeled on the Russell Tribunal, a vehicle for opposition to the Viet Nam war during the 1960s. Other scheduled demonstrations are:

• lundi à 17 h 30 en face de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis
  
• mardi à 15 heures au parc du Cinquantenaire
  

Zondag, 20 februari 2005
De Standaard reports that Bush is meeting first with premier Guy Verhofstadt and the three American Ambassadors in Brussel (Belgium, NATO, and the EU), and that he's accompanied by Laura Bush, Secretary Rice and Stephen Hadley. It also reports that hundreds of people demonstrated in the first of a series of planned demonstrations against Bush this afternoon in Brussel-zentrum.