DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 8

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MONDAY, AUGUST 8 **BUENOS AIRES - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visits Argentina.

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. **N'DJAMENA - Swearing in ceremony of Chad President Idriss Deby for the fifth term. Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will also be present.

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

**SEOUL - South Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho will give a public address to urge parliament for a swift ratification of the supplementary budget ** 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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