DIARY - Political and General News Events From March 13

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MARCH 2012
DOHA - Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasool will visit
Qatar to meet government officials to discuss reconciliation
with the Taliban.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 13
WASHINGTON - British Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S.
President Barack Obama meet to discuss about Afghanistan, Iran
and the Middle East, economic growth, NATO and G8 summits (to
Mar. 14).
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council
(ECOFIN) Meeting.
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Presidential
candidates Francois Hollande and Francois Bayrou to meet
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and ECB President
Mario Draghi.
** ROME - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Italian Prime
Minister Mario Monti (1600). A news conference to follow (1715).
ALABAMA/ MISSISSIPPI - Republicans Presidential primary.
HAWAII - Republicans Presidential caucuses.
NEW YORK - Special high-level meetings of the Economic and
Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World
Trade Organization and UNCTAD (to March 14).
** ANKARA - U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan will meet
representatives of the opposition Syrian National Council
(0800).
** DOHA - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov visits Qatar
(to March 15).
** ISLAMABAD - German Defence Minister Thomas De Maiziere
visits Pakistan.
** ANKARA - Turkish Cypriot leader Dervish Eroglu visits
Turkey, meets President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan.
BOGOR, Indonesia - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono meets Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to
discuss bilateral relations such as border claims, extradition
of wanted persons, as well as regional issues such as the
application of East Timor to join ASEAN.
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with
Philippines Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario (0900).
ANKARA - Ecuador President Rafael Correa to visit Turkey (to
March 17).
** ROME - Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Giulio Terzi Di
Sant'Agata inaugurates meeting on human rights; Welfare Minister
Elsa Fornero also attending (1400).
NEW YORK - Representatives from the Frente Polisario and
Morocco meet on Long Island for another round of talks on
Western Sahara.
BUDAPEST - OECD launches economic survey of Hungary (0800).
HELSINKI - Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and
former President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude
Trichet to speak at a seminar on the future of Europe (1045).
CHELTENHAM, UK - SPORT - HORSE RACING - Cheltenham Gold Cup
Festival (to March 16).
PARIS - European Fuels Conference, 13th Annual Meeting 2011
(to Mar. 16).

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
PARIS - Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Ming to
visit France (to March 16) to discuss the crisis in Syria.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meets Tunisian
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali (1130).
** HAI PHONG, Vietnam - Belgium's Prince Philippe and Princess
Mathilde to visit Vietnam.
ROME - U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights
Issues Robert King to visit Italy (to March 15).
** HELSINKI - U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos to visit
Finland (to March 15).
** HAMBURG, Germany - The International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea decides on maritime border dispute between Bangladesh
and Myanmar. The oral proceedings took place in September, 2011.
KUWAIT CITY - (TBC) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki to
visit Kuwait.
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao holds a annual news
conference.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court to
deliver its verdict on Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, who is
accused of conscripting, training and arming hundreds of child
soldiers in the war crimes court's first trial.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15
MEXICO CITY - G20 Sherpas meeting (to Mar. 16).
WASHINGTON - (TBC) The International Monetary Fund will
discuss Greece's new bailout program.
** WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to meet
Morocco's Foreign Minister Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani (1700).
COPENHAGEN - European Consumer Day (0730).
ATHENS - EU Task Force head Horst Reichenbach holds a press
conference to present the Task Force's quarterly report on
Greece (1200).
PARIS - Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan to visit
France (to March 16).
SEOUL - South Korea and United States free trade deal to
take effect.
** COPENHAGEN - Finnish Minister for International Development
Heidi Hautala visits Denmark, to attend the 50th anniversary
celebration of Danish International Development Assistance.
** BEIJING - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to
visit China (to March 22).
** TBILISI - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to visit
Georgia.
TOKYO - WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy visits Japan (to
March 17), to meet Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Agriculture
Minister Michihiko Kano and Trade Minister Yukio Edano and
discuss Doha round and trade protectionism.
SANTIAGO - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez visits
Chile (to March 16) and meets with President Sebastian Pinera.
LONDON - Announcement of 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards
nominations.
MILAN - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to
stand trial on charges of revealing confidential information in
a case related to a 2005 banking scandal.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 16
NEW DELHI - Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will
present annual budget for 2012/13 in parliament (0530).
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - The Annual Meeting of the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (to March 19).
** WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the
Obama healthcare legislation two years after it became law and
two years before most of it goes into effect.
PARIS - Paris Book Fair (to March 19).
HALABJA, Iraq - 23rd anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds
being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
** DUBAI, UAE - FINA/MIDEA Diving World Series 2012 (to March
17).

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SATURDAY, MARCH 17
MISSOURI - Republicans Presidential caucuses.
EAST TIMOR - Presidential election (FIRST ROUND).
BELIZE - General elections.
BERLIN - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visits
Germany.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari holds joint
session of parliament.
** CAIRO - Egypt's parliament will decide on the final rules
for the make-up and criteria of selection of members for the
100-person constituent assembly charged with writing the first
post-Hosni Mubarak constitution.
IRELAND - St. Patrick's Day.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - (TBC)Sixth Inter-American Meeting
of Ministers of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities (to
March 18).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 18
GUINEA-BISSAU - Presidential election.
ATHENS - Greek Socialist PASOK party leadership election.
TOKYO - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo 2012-13 Autumn /
Winter (to March 23).
GENEVA - Eighth Meeting of the Rotterdam Convention
Chemicals Review Committee (to March 23).

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MONDAY, MARCH 19
BRUSSELS - EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (to March
20).
PORTLAND, OR - Republican debate in Portland, Oregon.
VIENNA - International Experts' Meeting on Reactor and Spent
Fuel Safety in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (to Mar. 22).
EGYPT - 1st anniversary of Egyptian referendum on
constitutional reforms.
NEW DELHI - IMF to Co-Host High-Level Conference on
China-India (to March 20).
VALENCIA, Spain - Annual Festival of Fallas (festival of
fire) ends with the spectacular destruction of the statues known
as ninots.
HOLLYWOOD, Fl. - 17th Annual International Anti-Money
Laundering Conference (to March 21).
HONG KONG - The 6th Asian film awards Ceremony.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 20
ILLINOIS - Republicans Presidential primary.
COPENHAGEN - The Nordic Council of Ministers and the
European Environment Agency to jointly organise a high-level
conference on Sustainable Production and Use of Biomass in the
Baltic Sea Region (to March 21).

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
LONDON - British Finance Minister George Osborne delivers
his 2012 annual budget.
** STOCKHOLM - Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to
visit Sweden (to March 24).
COPENHAGEN - International conference on research
infrastructures - ICRI2012 (to March 23).

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22
BRUSSELS - EU Transport, Telecommunications & Energy Council
(to March 23).
GLOBAL - World Water Day.
COPENHAGEN - 5th European summit of regions and cities (to
March 23).
LISBON - Members of Portugal's largest trade union CGTP to
go on strike over labour market reforms demanded as part of a
78-billion euro international bailout.
ISTANBUL - Former armed forces chief General Ilker Basbug
to attend the first hearing of his trial on charges of seeking
to overthrow the government.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 23
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will give
a keynote address on the state of Thailand's post-flood economy
and the reconciliation process (1100).
GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day 2012.
ISLAMABAD - Public holiday and parades to mark Pakistan's
Republic Day.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 24
QUEENSLAND, Australia - State election.
LOUISIANA - Republicans Presidential primary.
TORONTO, Canada - New Democratic Party leadership election.
GLOBAL - World TB Day.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 25
** SOUTH OSSETIA - Presidential Elections (Re-run). South
Ossetia is a Break-away region of Georgia.
SENEGAL - Presidential election run-off vote.
ANDALUSIA, Spain - Regional elections.
LONDON - Planet under pressure conference (to March 29).

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MONDAY, MARCH 26
SEOUL - 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit (to March 27).
U.S. President Barack Obama to attend.
SVALBARD, Norway - Meeting of the Nordic Council of
Ministers for the Environment (to March 27).
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court to hold Oral arguments on
President Barack Obama's sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul (to
March 28).
BRUSSLES - EU General Affairs Council Meeting.
SVALBARD, Norway - Meeting of the Council of Ministers for
the Environment (to Mar. 27).
PHNOM PENH - 2nd ASEAN Military Operation Informal Meeting,
9th ASEAN Military Intelligence Information Meeting and 9th
ASEAN Chief of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM) (to
March 31).
SANTIAGO DE CUBA/HAVANA - Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba
(to March 28).
OTTAWA - JUNO Awards 2011 and JUNO Week events and
festivities (to April 1). Link: www.junoawards.ca/
DOHA - Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition &
Conference (DIMDEX) (to March 28).

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TUESDAY, MARCH 27
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker and former
head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn will discuss the euro
zone crisis at event for young MEPs (0900).
BRUSSELS - OECD launches Economic Surveys: Euro Area 2012.
ABU DHABI - 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
HAVANA - Pope Benedict XVI meets Cuban President Raul
Castro.
LONDON - Amnesty International publishes 2011 global death
penalty statistics.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28
BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to March
29).
TEHRAN - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected
to visit Iran.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 29
BAGHDAD - Arab League Summit.
GAMBIA - Parliamentary elections.
PARIS - Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) at ministerial
level (to March 30).
PHNOM PENH - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies'
meeting (AFDM + 3), ASEAN Central Bank Governor's Meeting (ACGM)
and ASEAN Finance Ministers' Retreat.
OTTAWA - The Canadian government will release the federal
budget.
PHUKET, Thailand - 3rd ASEAN Australia New Zealand Free
Trade Area Intellectual Property Committee (AANZFTA IPC)
Meeting.
MADRID - Spanish unions to hold general strike.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 30
COPENHAGEN - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council
(ECOFIN) Informal Meeting (to March 31).
WASHINGTON - 2012 Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative
University (CGI U) (to April 1).
PHNOM PENH - 16th ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM).
MAINE, U.S. - Mustache film festival.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 31
DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2012 Dubai World Cup.
ISTANBUL - International Istanbul Film Festival (to April
15).

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APRIL 2012 (UNDATED)
ISTANBUL - Talks between Iran and the five permanent members
of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany over Tehran's disputed
nuclear programme expected to resume.
EAST TIMOR - Presidential election (SECOND ROUND).
PYONGYANG - North Korea ruling Workers' Party will hold a
key conference, the first since 2010, in which it is likely to
make official the succession of power to its third generation of
leadership.
PERUGIA, Italy - Guido Bertolaso, a former close associate
of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, will stand trial
along with 17 others in a high-profile corruption case involving
several people linked to Italy's ruling group.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 1
MYANMAR - By-elections.
PHNOM PENH - ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies
Meeting (to April 2).

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MONDAY, APRIL 2
PHNOM PENH - ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting.
JAKARTA - ASEAN Regional Environmental Security Conference
(to April 5).

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TUESDAY, APRIL 3
PHNOM PENH - 20th ASEAN Summit (to April 4).
TEXAS/ MARYLAND/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/ WISCONSIN -
Presidential primary election.
AFRICA - African Cultural Renaissance Day.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
ANKARA - Ankara Heavy Penal Court will hold the first
hearing of the court case against retired general who staged the
1980 military coup.
INDIA - CRICKET - fifth edition IPL 2012 (to May 27).
GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance
in Mine Action.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 5
SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to
April 16).
AUGUSTA, Ga - U.S. Masters Golf 2012 (to April 8).

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FRIDAY, APRIL 6
GLOBAL - Good Friday - Christian religious holiday.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 7
GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health
Day.
LONDON - Annual Oxford-Cambridge University Boat Race. Link:
www.theboatrace.org/-

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SUNDAY, APRIL 8
SOUTHAMPTON, England - A Titanic Memorial Cruise ship is to
recreate the fateful voyage of the Titanic, complete with
dinners and dancing from the era exactly 100 years since the
world's most famous maritime disaster. The Titanic Memorial
Cruise will depart from Southampton, England, and head for the
exact spot where the ship sank on April 12, 1912.
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 2nd anniversary of signing a new
bilateral treaty between the Russia and United States on the
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms , START-2
(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict celebrates Easter Mass and
gives his blessing to the city and the world (Urbe et Orbe).

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MONDAY, APRIL 9
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama holds a meeting
with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 10
SMOLENSK, Russia/ CRACOW, Poland - 2nd Anniversary of the
Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in
Poland.
WASHINGTON - 12th annual World Vaccine Congress (to Apr.
13).

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
FRANCE - 1st anniversary of the French law banning the burqa
and niqab.
ABIDJAN - 1st anniversary of arrest of former Ivorian
President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect
Alassane Ouattara with support from French forces thereby ending
the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 14
CARTAGENA, Colombia - The Sixth Summit of the Americas (to
April 15).
LIVERPOOL, UK - HORSE RACING - Grand National 2012,
England's most prestigious horse race and one of the worlds
greatest sporting spectacles.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 15
BELFAST/NEW YORK - 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the
Titanic.
BOSTON - 2012 Boston Marathon.
LONDON - 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony.

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MONDAY, APRIL 16
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on
International Monetary Affairs and Development) Committee of the
Whole.
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - World Economic Forum on Latin
America 2012 (to Apr. 18).
KUALA LUMPUR - The 13th Defence Services Asia (DSA)
Exhibition & Conference 2012 (to April 19).
GENEVA - WIPO IGC 21 (to April 21); the 20th session of the
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
VATICAN CITY - 85th birthday of Pope Benedict.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 17
BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to April
20).
MANILA - ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) (to
April 21).
LIBREVILLE - 9th Session of the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) Information Ministers Conference (to Apr 20).
HELSINKI- World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2012 (to April 19).

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - B20 & G20 conference on
Anti-Corruption (to Apr. 19).
WASHINGTON - (TBC) (Alliance for Financial Inclusion)
AFI-G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International
Monetary Affairs and Development) Seminar (to April 19).
WASHINGTON - (TBC) G24 (Intergovernmental Group of
Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development)
Meeting of the Deputies (to April 19).
STOCKHOLM - Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for
Global Development - SIF12 - an international conference on the
role of internet freedom in global development (to April 19).

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19
WASHINGTON - G20 Meeting of Deputy Ministers of Finance.
WASHINGTON - (TBC) G24 (Intergovernmental Group of
Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development)
Meeting of the Ministers (to April 20).
DOHA - 8th Annual Aljazeera International Documentary Film
Festival (to April 22).

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FRIDAY, APRIL 20
WASHINGTON - 2012 Spring Meetings of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (to April 22).
DOHA - World Investment Forum 2012 (to April 23).
UNITED STATES - 2nd anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
which flowed unabated until July 15.
WASHINGTON - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 21
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 86th birthday.
PARIS - 51st anniversary of the first manned mission to
space.
DOHA - Thirteenth Session of the UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD XIII) (to April 26).

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SUNDAY, APRIL 22
FRANCE - Presidential election - first round.
GLOBAL - Earth Day.
LONDON - 2012 London Marathon.

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MONDAY, APRIL 23
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - 2nd ASEAN High-Level Meeting on
Competition.
DUBLIN - 2nd Preparatory Meeting of the 20th OSCE Economic
and Environmental Forum (to April 24).
LONDON - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
holds Health care in danger symposium.
GLOBAL - UN World Book and Copyright Day.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 24
CONNECTICUT/DELAWARE/NEW YORK/PENNSYLVANIA/RHODE ISLAND -
Presidential primary election.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
BEIJING - Auto China 2012 - 12th Beijing International
Automotive Industry Exibition (to May 2).
GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - ANZAC day commemoration.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 26
BRUSSELS - Your Europe, your say 2012 conference (to April
27).
THE HAGUE - The U.N. war crimes court rules on former
Liberian President Charles Taylor, faced 11 counts of murder,
rape, conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery covering
atrocities during the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the
1990s that killed more than 250,000 people.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 28
PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 16th anniversary of Port Arthur
massacre in Tasmania.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 29
GREECE - Parliamentary elections.
MALI - Presidential election (FIRST ROUND).
LONDON - 1st wedding anniversary of Prince William and
Catherine Middleton.

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MONDAY, APRIL 30
DENVER, CO - Amnesty International Annual General Meeting
and Human Rights Conference (to April 1).

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MAY 2012
MANILA - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Plus Three
Meeting (AFDM+3).

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TUESDAY, MAY 1
GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting (to May 2).
GLOBAL - World Asthma Day.
VATICAN CITY- 1st anniversary of beatification ceremony of
late Pope John Paul.
YEOSU, South Korea - The Fourth East Asian Seas Congress
2012.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - First anniversary of al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden's killing,ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt
for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
MANILA - 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) (to May 5).

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THURSDAY, MAY 3
GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day.

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FRIDAY, MAY 4
BELGRADE - 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup I (to May. 6).
LOS ANGELES - Nominations to be announced for the 39th Annual
Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.

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SATURDAY, MAY 5
LOUISVILLE, Kt.,- SPORT - HORSE RACING - 138th Kentucky
Derby.
ASIA - Wesak, most important of the Buddhist festivals,
marking Buddha's birthday.

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SUNDAY, MAY 6
FRANCE - Presidential election - second round.
** SERBIA - Parliamentary elections.
TOKYO - 2012 May Grand Sumo Tournament (to May 20).

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MONDAY, MAY 7
** SYRIA - Parliamentary elections.
VIENNA - IAEA Budget Committee Meeting.
VIENNA - IAEA 4th Joint Convention Review Meeting (JCRM) (to
May 16).
LA ROCHELLE, France - 5th Meeting of the Parties to the
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA)(to
May 18).

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TUESDAY, MAY 8
NORTH CAROLINA/INDIANA/WEST VIRGINIA - Presidential Primary.
GLOBAL - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9
ADDIS ABABA - World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 (to May
11).
BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to May 10).
MOSCOW - Annual Victory Day parade, which commemorates
Russia's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
GLOBAL - World Migratory Bird Day (to May 10).

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THURSDAY, MAY 10
MEXICO CITY - G20 Sherpas meeting (to May. 11).
ALGERIA - Parliamentary elections.

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SATURDAY, MAY 12
GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day.
ABU DHABI - AFC Futsal Championship 2012 (to May 22).
SARANSK, Russia - IAAF World Race Walking Cup (to May 13).

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SUNDAY, MAY 13
MALI - Presidential election (SECOND ROUND).
LONDON - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
British Academy Television Craft Awards.

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MONDAY, MAY 14
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting (1300).
BRUSSELS - 122nd Session of the Committee of Ministers of
Council of Europe.
BONN, Germany - Bonn Climate Change Conference (to May 25).
ALBANIA - Albania takes over Chairmanship of the Committee
of Ministers (CM) of Council of Europe (to Nov. 7).

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TUESDAY, MAY 15
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council
(ECOFIN) Meeting.
NEBRASKA/OREGON - Presidential Primary.
ULAN BATOR - 4th ASEM Environment Ministers' Meeting (to May
31).
GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- Palestinians mark "nakba day" on
May 15, the day in 1948 when Israel declared statehood after
which some 700,000 Arabs fled or were expelled in the war that
ensued.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
LISBON - 1st anniversary of 78 billion euro bail-out of
Portugal by eurozone leaders.
CANNES, France- The 65th Cannes Film Festival (to May 27).
www.cannesguide.com/festival/-

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THURSDAY, MAY 17
GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society
Day.

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FRIDAY, MAY 18
CAMP DAVID, MD - G8 Summit (to May 19).
GLOBAL - International Museum Day.
UNITED KINGDOM - Olympic Flame arrives in the United
Kingdom.

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SATURDAY, MAY 19
UNITED KINGDOM - Olympic Torch Relay (to July 27).

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SUNDAY, MAY 20
CHICAGO, IL - NATO Summit (to May 21).
KAZAN, Russia - APEC Second Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM2)
and Related Meetings (to June 5).
SPACE - Next annular solar eclipse.

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MONDAY, MAY 21
STRASBOURG, France - European Parliament Plenary Session (to
May 24).
GYEONGJU, South Korea - The Second APEC Business Advisory
Council (ABAC) meeting (to May 24).
NEW YORK - Annual Peabody Awards ceremony, one of the annual
prizes that recognize achievement in electronic media.
GENEVA - WHO Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly.
QINHUANGDAO, China - 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing
Championships (to June 3).

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TUESDAY, MAY 22
PARIS - OECD Forum 2012 (to May. 23).
BRUSSELS - 12th edition of Green Week, the biggest annual
conference on European environment policy (to May 25).
ARKANSAS/KENTUCKY - Presidential Primary.
GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity.
HERZLIYA, Israel - Fisher Institute for Air and Space
Strategic Studies to host Eighth National Security Conference.
BAKU - Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - First Semi-Final.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
EGYPT - Presidential election (to May 24).
PARIS - OECD Council meeting at ministerial level (to May.
24).

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THURSDAY, MAY 24
EGYPT - Presidential election (SECOND DAY).
BAKU - Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - Second Semi-Final.

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FRIDAY, MAY 25
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - First GLOBE Summit of Legislators
(to May 27).
TALLINN - NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session (to May
28).
BUDAPEST - 62nd FIFA Congress. Link: here
LUCERNE, Switzerland - 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup II (to
May. 27).

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SATURDAY, MAY 26
NEW YORK - Dow Jones Industrial Average Day.
BAKU - Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Final.
BELGRADE - 1st anniversary of arrest of former Bosnian Serb
Army commander Ratko Mladic, wanted for genocide, war crimes and
crimes against humanity.

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SUNDAY, MAY 27
LONDON - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
British Academy Television Awards.
PARIS - TENNIS - French Open 2012 (to June 10).

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TUESDAY, MAY 29
PHNOM PENH - 6th ASEAN Defence Ministerial Meeting (ADMM)
(to May 30).

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30
BANGKOK - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012 (to June
1).

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THURSDAY, MAY 31
GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day.
** WALES, UK - Annual Hay Festival 2012 (to June 10).

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