DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 9
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 ** NAIROBI/KAMPALA/NEW DELHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Kenya, Uganda and India (to Aug. 14). Wang will pay the visits at the invitation of Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed, Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa and Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj. ** SEOUL - South Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho will give a public address to urge parliament for a swift ratification of the supplementary budget. ** JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African President Jacob Zuma to speak at the 60th Anniversary of the National Women's Day celebrations - 0800 GMT.
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. ** JAKARTA - Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba will visit Indonesia (to Aug. 13).
ILLINOIS, United States - A federal judge will re-sentence former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for his corruption convictions
NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 71st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 ** BUENOS AIRES - Reuters holds a summit in Buenos Aires with top policymakers and business leaders. The focus will be Argentina's continued economic woes and when - and if - the policies of the Macri government that took power in December, greeted enthusiastically by the market and foreign investors, can translate into a real turnaround on the ground. Key Speakers:- Argentina President Mauricio Macri, Argentina Finance Minister Alfonso Prat Gay, HSBC Argentina head Gabriel Martino and JP Morgan Argentina head Facundo Minujin. ** SEOUL - South Korean Finance minister Yoo Il-ho speaks at a forum on easing regulations for corporations - 0500 GMT. ** MADRID - Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets the head of smaller liberal party Ciudadanos, Albert Rivera, amid talks to work up a budget for 2017 and form a government - 0800 GMT. ** HELSINKI - Finnish center-right government kicks off budget talks for the next year amid pressure to cut spending in the stagnated economy. The budget talks are expected to increase tensions in the three-party government which was close to collapse last year, as support for co-ruling populist Finns party drops - 1100 GMT.
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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 ** BEIJING - Burma's state counselor and foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi visits China.
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 ** RIO DE JANEIRO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Brazil to attend the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics
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 ** ANKARA/ISTANBUL - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Turkey
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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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 ** HANGZHOU, China - G20 Meeting in China (to Sept. 5).
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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 ** LAOS - India-Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) Summit (to Sept. 7).
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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