DIARY - Political and General News Events From Sept. 13

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1030 GMT

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on relations with Europe and the United Kingdom after the latter voted to leave the EU in a June referendum - 1400 GMT. ** MEXICO CITY - President of German Upper house Stanislaw Tillich gives a speech at the Mexican senate during an official visit to the country - 1730 GMT. ** MOSCOW - Iran Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi-Ansari will visit Moscow to meet a number of Russian officials. ** BEIJING - Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski attends a welcome ceremony and meets with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping - 0800 GMT. ** GENEVA - Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein gives a speech at the opening of the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council - 0700 GMT. ** JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gives an opening speech at the Business Day Financial Mail Investment Summit. Gordhan is facing an investigation over the activities of a surveillance unit set up years ago when he headed the tax service.

MILAN - Italy Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan, Head of Public Debt Maria Cannata, top Treasury official Fabrizio Pagani speak at conference on Italy's economic outlook and banking system.

RIGA - Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Latvia.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ** NEW DELHI - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visits India. ** KIEV - German and French Foreign Ministers, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Jean-Marc Ayrault will visit Kiev (to Sept. 15).

KIEV - EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn will visit Ukraine (to Sept. 16).

SOFIA/PLOVDIV - Bulgaria hosts Arraiolos meeting of EU Presidents (to Sept. 15). Presidents of Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany and Finland to attend the meeting.

LONDON - World Nuclear Association (WNA) Annual Symposium (to Sept 16). http://www.wna-symposium.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=154881&

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal visits India (to Sept. 18).

BRUSSELS - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman visits Brussels.

GLOBAL - International day of Democracy.

GUATEMALA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

EL SALVADOR - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

COSTA RICA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

HONDURAS - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

NICARAGUA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

MUNICH - 183nd Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 1).

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 43rd anniversary of independence from Portugal.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

BERLIN - 43rd BMW Berlin Marathon.

http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 ** ALGIERS - Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are due to meet in Algeria on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum (IEF) (to Sept. 28).

VIENNA - IAEA 60th General Conference (to Sept 30).

https://www.iaea.org/about/policy/gc/gc60

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 66th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1

GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons.

ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 56th year of independence.

CHINA - 67th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

GUINEA - 58th anniversary of independence from France.

GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 5th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

WASHINGTON - 2016 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (to Oct. 9). MOSCOW - 10th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

GLOBAL - World Post Day.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day.

GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty.

GLOBAL - World Sight Day.

FIJI - 45th Anniversary of Independence.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

BALI - 14th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

SAN JOSE, Chile - 6th anniversary rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day.

GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

GLOBAL - World Food Day.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17

GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18

JERUSALEM - 5th 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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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

TRIPOLI - 5th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

SAUDI ARABIA - 5th death anniversary of Saudi Arabia's Crown.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

LIBYA - 5th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

VAN, Turkey - 5th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

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