DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 2
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama meets Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the White House.
TOKYO - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approves economic stimulus package ** TOKYO - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda meets to discuss economic and monetary policies.
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speak in the opening ceremony of World Islamic Economic Forum.
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 ** DETROIT - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will meet with community leaders in Detroit to discuss policing and community issue in the wake of fatal shootings by police of black men as well as the subsequent shootings of police officers around the country - 1330 GMT. ** KUALA LUMPUR - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will make his first official visit to Malaysia (to Aug. 5).
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 ** 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/
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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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