DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - Dec 19

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TODAY'S EVENTS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19

SHARM EL SHEIKH - Opening of a three-day conference on social insurance organised by the Ministry of Finance and the Arab Labour Organisation.

COMING EVENTS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20

CAIRO - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki holds talks in Cairo.

CAIRO - The director of the Egyptian papyrus collection at Berlin's Neues Museum in Cairo for talks on the return of a statue of Nefertiti.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24

CAIRO - Central bank's monetary policy committee due to meet.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30

CAIRO - Court issues verdict in the case of the editor of independent daily newspaper Al-Shorouk given a jail sentence for allegedly publishing incorrect information about a bribery case involving a Ministry of Housing official.

2010

SATURDAY, JANUARY 2

CAIRO - Adminstrative court to issue verdict in case of 50 Christians seeking recognition of their faith after one of their parents converted to Islam.

MONDAY, JANUARY 4

CAIRO - Verdict due in Al-Ayat train crash case.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12

CAIRO - Appeal hearing of 13 Muslim Brotherhood members who were tried in a military court in 2007.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

CAIRO - France Telecom (FTE.PA) subscription for Mobinil's (EMOB.CA) shares closes.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4

CAIRO - Appeal hearing for Egyptian businessman and politician Hesham Talaat Moustafa, sentenced to death for the murder of a Lebanese singer.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

CAIRO - An Egyptian Business Roundtable, titled 'New challenges for Egypt in the post-crisis world' hosted by the Economist conference.

MONDAY, MAY 10

CAIRO - International Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition, RETECH Egypt 2010, opens (till May 12).

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