DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 11
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 ** LUANDA - Angola parliament debates President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' new press and social media regulations. ** LIMA - Venezuelan opposition leader Henry Capriles will hold a press conference in Lima, where he is expected to meet with the country's new president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
ZAMBIA - National Assembly election.
ZAMBIA - Referendum election.
ZAMBIA - Presidential election.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 ** SUVA - Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting.
GLOBAL - International Youth Day.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 ** NEW DELHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be meeting his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.
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 - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Serbia (to Aug. 16) ** BELGRADE/PRISTINA - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Serbia and Kosovo (to Aug. 17). ** LUANDA - Angola parliament will approve the revised 2016 state budget law with oil price and revenue.
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 ** ROME - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi meet in Italy
RIO DE JANEIRO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Brazil to attend the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. ** ALPBACH, Austria - European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker to speak at European Forum Alpbach - 1130 GMT.
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 ** BRATISLAVA - Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg to visit Slovakia.
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 ** TALLINN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas.
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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