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DIARY - Political and General News Events From Sept 10

Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:24pm EDT

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
    NETHERLANDS - Parliamentary Election. 
    PRAGUE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) 20th Economic and Environmental Forum (to Sept.
14).
    STRASBOURG, France - EU Commission President Jose Manuel 
Barroso to deliver State of the Union Speech.  
 ** ATHENS - Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis
to meet Greek President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras. 
    ASTANA - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visits
Kazakhstan (to Sept. 14). 
    SARAJEVO - EU officials, Bosnia leaders meet to discuss a
lack of progress on the EU "Road map." 
    KARLSRUHE, Germany - Germany's Constitutional Court will
announce its decision on the permanent euro zone bailout scheme
and the fiscal pact for budget discipline.  
    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Census Bureau releases national
statistics on income, poverty and health insurance. 
    LONDON - World Nuclear Association 37th Annual Symposium (to
Sept. 14). 
    
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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
    WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on
International Monetary Affairs and Development) Technical Group
Meeting (to Sept. 14).
    BRUSSELS - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi to visit Belgium
and meets EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton.
 ** ATHENS - French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici visits
Greece. 
 ** VILNIUS - European Commissioner for Energy Guenther
Oettinger to visit Lithuaniaand to hold meeting with President
Dalia Grybauskaite and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius.
    KUALA LUMPUR - Britain's Prince William and Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge to visit Malaysia (to Sept. 14). 
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 2nd CNS Diseases World Summit (to Sept.
14). 
    ISTANBUL - World Intelligent Cities Summit (to Sept. 14).
    NEW YORK - New York Fashion Week - Spring/Summer 2012 (to
Sept. 19). 
    
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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
    NICOSIA - EU Informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council
(ECOFIN) Meeting.
    BEIRUT - Pope Benedict visits Lebanon (to Sept. 16). 
    
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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
    NICOSIA - Eurogroup Meeting.
    BEIRUT - Pope Benedict to meet Lebanon's President Michel
Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
    SARAJEVO - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan expected to
visit Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. 
    GUATEMALA - 191st Anniversary of Independence. 
    EL SALVADOR - 191st Anniversary of Independence. 
    COSTA RICA - 191st Anniversary of Independence. 
    HONDURAS - 191st Anniversary of Independence. 
    NICARAGUA - 191st Anniversary of Independence. 
    LOS ANGELES - 64th Primetime Emmy Award Ceremony. 
    
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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
    SEOUL - South Korea' Democratic United Party will hold its
presidential primary.
    LILLEHAMMER, Norway - 19th Global Biodiversity- - - - - - - - - -
    
    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
    GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 
    ISTANBUL - International New Media Conference (to Oct. 19). 
    
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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Oct. 19).  
    JERUSALEM - 1st anniversary of release of Israeli soldier
Gilad Shalit after more than five years held incommunicado by
Hamas in the Gaza Strip. 
    
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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
    BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (Final Day).  
    SYDNEY - Australian International Motor Show 2012 (to
Oct.28).  
    
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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
    TRIPOLI - First anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi.  
    
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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
    GALICIA, Spain - Local elections.
    
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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
    BOCA RATON, FL - Presidential debate.  
    BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Oct. 23).
 
    SAUDI ARABIA - First death anniversary of Saudi Arabia's 
Crown.  
    
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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
    GENEVA - WTO Dispute Settlement Body Meeting.
    LIBYA - First anniversary of declaration of Libya's
Liberation.  
    
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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 
    NEW YORK - The Buttonwood Gathering (to Oct. 25) of leading
policymakers, banking executives and regulators to discuss
pressing economic and financial issues.  
    CALI, Colombia - VI Americas Competitiveness Forum (to Oct
26).  
    UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Day.
    LUSAKA, Zambia  - 48th Anniversary of Independence.  
    
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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
    BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Oct. 26).
    VILNIUS - Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania in co-operation with
the Constitutional Court.
    
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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
    BRUSSELS - 1st anniversary of an EU agreement to tackle the
European sovereign debt crisis that included a writedown of 50
percent of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and
an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial
Stability Facility (EFSF) totaling to euro 1 trillion. 
    LONDON - (TENTATIVE) London International Animation Festival
(to Nov. 4).  
 
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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    UKRAINE - Parliamentary elections.  
    LITHUANIA - Parliamentary elections - Second Round.
    CORK, Ireland - Cork Jazz Festival (to Oct. 31).  
    
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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 29
    MAYAN RIVIERA, Mexico - G20 Sherpas meeting (to Oct. 30).
    
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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30
    GENEVA - WTO Trade Policy Review Body meeting of Israel (to
Nov. 1).
    BUTOVO, Russia - Russia marks annual day of remembrance for
the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's purges.  
    
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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31
    GLOBAL - World population reached 7 billion in Oct 2011.  
    BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan - Launch of ISS Progress 49,
to carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International
Space Station.
    
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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
    MEXICO - Mexicans celebrate 'Day of the Dead', keeping alive
a tradition that blends Catholic rituals with the pre-Hispanic
belief that the dead return once a year from the underworld.
    
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    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
    MEXICO CITY - G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting
(to Nov. 4).
    
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
    MEXICO CITY - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting (to Nov. 5).
    
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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
    VIENTIANE - The 9th Summit of ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) (to
Nov. 6).
    
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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
    UNITED STATES - Presidential elections.
    GEORGIA, U.S. - Special Election (to fill vacancies and
propose questions).
    PUERTO RICO - Governor elections.
    GURGAON, India - World Economic Forum on India (to Nov. 8).
    GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation
of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. 
    MELBOURNE - Melbourne Cup 2012, Australia's major
Thoroughbred horse race.
    
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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
    BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Nov 8).
    GURGAON, India - World Economic Forum on India (SECOND DAY).
    ANDORRA - Andorra takes over Chairmanship of the Committee
of Ministers (CM) of Council of Europe (to May 2013).
    HERZLIYA, Israel - Fisher Institute for Air and Space
Strategic Studies to host Fifth Annual Civil Aviation Conference
together with the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority.
    
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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8
    GURGAON, India - World Economic Forum on India (FINAL DAY).
    
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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
    UNITED KINGDOM - General Elections in Turks and Caicos
Islands (British overseas territory).
    VIENNA - OPEC to publish Monthly Oil Market Report.
    
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11
    FRANKFURT - The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA).
    FUKUOKA, Japan - 2012 November Grand Sumo Tournament (to
Nov. 25).
    
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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 
    BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting.
    GLOBAL - World Pneumonia Day. 
    
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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
    INDIA - 'Diwali' Hindu festival of lights.
    YANGON - Second anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained
opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
    GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day.
    
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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16
    GLOBAL - International Day for Tolerance.
    
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
    GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
    VUKOVAR, Croatia - 21st Anniversary of Vukovar massacre. On
Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused
to accept Croatia's independence captured the once prosperous,
ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing
it to rubble in a brutal three-month siege.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19
    STRASBOURG, France - European Parliament Plenary Session (to
Nov 22).

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20
    GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
    NUREMBERG, Germany - 67th anniversary of the Nuremberg
trials.
    
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25
    GLOBAL - International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women.
    
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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26
    VIENNA - IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee
meeting.
    DOHA - The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties
serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (to
Dec. 7).
    MUMBAI - 4th anniversary of a series of devastating attacks
on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on 26
November 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people
dead, including nine gunmen.
    
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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
    LONDON - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
British Academy Children's Awards.
    
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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
    QUITO, Ecuador - Meeting of Ministers of Justice or other
Ministers or Attorney General of the Americas (REMJA VI) (to
Nov. 30).
    
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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
    VIENNA - IAEA Board of Governors Meeting.
    GLOBAL - International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People.
    TEHRAN - 1st anniversary of an attack on the British embassy
by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over
Britain's unilateral sanctions.
    
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