DIARY - Political and General News Events From July 28

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THURSDAY, JULY 28 ** WASHINGTON - Indian and US officials will meet in Washington for the 14th US-India counter-terrorism Joint Working Group. ** WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May meet in Warsaw.

LIMA - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will talk with Reuters, Bloomberg and The Economist in Peru.

YOMOUSSOUKRO - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore visits Ivory Coast (to July 29).

WARSAW - British Prime Minister Theresa May visits Poland.

GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.

GLOBAL - 102nd anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.

PERU - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

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FRIDAY, JULY 29

JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan speaks at the launch of an initiative by EOH and Radio 702 that aims "to provide solutions to South Africa's skills development challenges" - 0430 GMT.

BUENOS AIRES - Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on an official visit to Argentina.

LIMA - Peru's President Pedro Kuczynski to be sworn in.

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SATURDAY, JULY 30

KRAKOW - Pope Francis attends World Youth Day events. ** OKINAWA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui will visit Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa (to Aug. 3).

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SUNDAY, JULY 31

JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia and the Federal Reserve's Bank of New York hold a two-day international seminar (to July 1). Speakers:- Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Managing Director Ravi Menon, Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Perry Warjiyo, IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Bank of Philippines Governor Amando Tetangco and Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 1

GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).

WARSAW - Poland marks 71st anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.

CHINA - 89th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2

JAKARTA - World Islamic Economic Forum (to Aug. 4).

MAKATI CITY - Philippines Finance Minister Carlos Dominguez at the Financial Times-First Metro Philippines Investment Forum - 0500 GMT.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 ** ISLAMABAD - Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to visit Pakistan (to Aug. 4) for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC home ministers meeting.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 (to Aug 29). https://www.edfringe.com/

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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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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

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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07/28/2016 7:07

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