And that is 6% of the population

Country: Belgium
Population of Brussels: 1,122,000

The population of Belgium is 10,258,000.
OR not far from the population of NYC

JimH wrote:

Wow, a *whole* 700 people? yawn


"Jim," wrote in message
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._go_pr_wh/bush

extract

"He is coming to persuade and influence the European leaders. We are
afraid the European leaders will distance themselves from their people,"
said Pol de Vos, one of about 700 anti-Bush protesters marching peacefully
in downtown Brussels.

An alliance of 88 environmental, human rights, peace and other groups
have planned protests near the U.S. Embassy for Monday and near the EU
headquarters on Tuesday.

The Web site of the 'Stop Bush' alliance accused Bush of "crimes against
humanity," saying he undermines international law and is an obstacle to
the fight against global warming.