DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 10

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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. ** JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin meets President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe.

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 ** BELGRADE/PRISTINA - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Serbia and Kosovo (to Aug. 17).

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 ** CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to give a major economic address, his first major speech since being re-elected with a one-seat majority in the lower house and a Senate where he needs the support of opponents, independents or minor parties to pass any legislation - 0300 GMT. Location: Christmas Island; Australia; ASIA

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. Poland's President Andrzej Duda to visit Kiev.

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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08/10/2016 6:36

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