DIARY - Political and General News Events From Sept. 22

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1030 GMT

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will deliver a speech on Chicago's surge in violence and what his administration plans to do to combat the issue - 2300 GMT.

VIENNA - "Industry Day" with Austria's Chancellor Christian Kern - 0900 GMT. Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva to attend.

DAKAR - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visits Senegal for a two-day visit (to Sept. 23).

BEIJING - Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao to speak at a university in Beijing - 0630 GMT. ** NEW YORK - The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) will gather for a second meeting in New York.

MOSCOW - Annual business and investment conference by American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, with Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev - 0500 GMT.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

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

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

GALICIA - Parliament of Galicia election.

SWITZERLAND - Referendum election

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 ** BEIJING - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay a state visit to China (to Sept. 30).

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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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 ** CHISINAU - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin will pay a visit to Moldova (to Oct. 5).

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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 ** MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is expected to visit Russia (to Oct. 14) to take part in the opening ceremony of a Serbian honorary consulate in Russia's second biggest city of St. Petersburg.

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 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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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