DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 5
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 ** RIO DE JAINERO - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Brazil (to Aug. 6) and meets Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra. ** WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses a joint conference of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. ** MICHIGAN - Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine attends opening of a campaign office in Michigan - 2000 GMT. ** BANGKOK - Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra takes the stand to give her defense in court.
JAKARTA - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will make his first official visit to Indonesia (to Aug. 7). ** VADUZ, LIECHTENSTEIN - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and Liechtenstein Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick give a news conference following a meeting - 1515 GMT.
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 ** YORK CITY, NEW YORK - United Nations Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura is due to update the Security Council on efforts to secure a political solution to the crisis at this session. ** 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. ** TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito is expected to give an address on his future role. ** HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe gives his annual speech on Heroes Day when the fighters who died in Zimbabwe's 1970s war of independence are remembered. This will be Mugabe's first major speech since he was rebuked by war veterans, his long time allies and the backbone of his three-decades rule.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 ** BAGHDAD - Iraqi parliament is due to convene for a vote of confidence in Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi. ** SAINT PETERSBURG - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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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