DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 4
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 ** ARLINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will conduct a press briefing at the Pentagon - 2015 GMT. ** BUENOS AIRES - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry begins state visit to Argentina. ** GENEVA - UN Special advisor to UN envoy for Syria Jan Egeland holds a briefing on humanitarian situation on the ground and humanitarian access following weekly task force meeting - 1100 GMT. ** MAKATI CITY - Philippines Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno holds news conference - 0400 GMT. ** RIO DE JANEIRO - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach holds a news conference. ** TOKYO - Japanese Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara speaks to media.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
JAKARTA - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will make his first official visit to Indonesia (to Aug. 7).
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 29). https://www.edfringe.com/
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Olympic Games 2016 (to Aug. 21).
https://www.rio2016.com/en
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Commemorations 71st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
THAILAND - Referendum election.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 8 ** BAKU - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Baku at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to attend the first trilateral meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 71st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
ZAMBIA - National Assembly election.
ZAMBIA - Referendum election.
ZAMBIA - Presidential election.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 29). https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 ** YEKATERINBURG - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Russia (to Aug. 15).
PAKISTAN - 70th Independence Day
LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 10th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 15
JAPAN - 71st anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two.
INDIA - 70th Indian Independence Day
LIECHTENSTEIN - 210th Anniversary of Independence.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17
TRALEE, Ireland - 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug 23). http://www.roseoftralee.ie/#!2016/x5fuc
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day
MOSCOW - 25th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
ROTTERDAM - 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships (to Aug 28). http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-world-rowing-junior-championships/event-information
SYRIA - 3rd anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
BALTIC WAY - 27st anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
POLAND - Poland marks the 27th anniversary of the creation of the first post-communist government in 1989.
UKRAINE - 25th Anniversary of Independence.
WASHINGTON - 202nd anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day
PARIS - 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
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THUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 12th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 ** VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Park Geun-hye will meet in Vladivostok.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
MUNICH, Germany - 44th Anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen which killed 11 Israelis.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
INDIA/BANGLADESH - 5th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2016 (to Sept 18). http://tiff.net/tiff/
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
UNITED STATES - 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
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
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
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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