DIARY - Political and General News Events From Sept. 13
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on relations with Europe and the United Kingdom after the latter voted to leave the EU in a June referendum - 1400 GMT. ** MEXICO CITY - President of German Upper house Stanislaw Tillich gives a speech at the Mexican senate during an official visit to the country - 1730 GMT. ** MOSCOW - Iran Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi-Ansari will visit Moscow to meet a number of Russian officials. ** BEIJING - Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski attends a welcome ceremony and meets with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping - 0800 GMT. ** GENEVA - Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein gives a speech at the opening of the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council - 0700 GMT. ** JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gives an opening speech at the Business Day Financial Mail Investment Summit. Gordhan is facing an investigation over the activities of a surveillance unit set up years ago when he headed the tax service.
MILAN - Italy Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan, Head of Public Debt Maria Cannata, top Treasury official Fabrizio Pagani speak at conference on Italy's economic outlook and banking system.
RIGA - Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Latvia.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ** NEW DELHI - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visits India. ** KIEV - German and French Foreign Ministers, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Jean-Marc Ayrault will visit Kiev (to Sept. 15).
KIEV - EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn will visit Ukraine (to Sept. 16).
SOFIA/PLOVDIV - Bulgaria hosts Arraiolos meeting of EU Presidents (to Sept. 15). Presidents of Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany and Finland to attend the meeting.
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
NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal visits India (to Sept. 18).
BRUSSELS - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman visits Brussels.
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 ** ALGIERS - Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are due to meet in Algeria on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum (IEF) (to Sept. 28).
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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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons.
ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 56th year of independence.
CHINA - 67th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
GUINEA - 58th anniversary of independence from France.
GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 5th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
WASHINGTON - 2016 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (to Oct. 9). MOSCOW - 10th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
GLOBAL - World Post Day.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day.
GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty.
GLOBAL - World Sight Day.
FIJI - 45th Anniversary of Independence.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
BALI - 14th anniversary of Bali bombings.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile - 6th anniversary rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day.
GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
GLOBAL - World Food Day.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17
GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
JERUSALEM - 5th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20
TRIPOLI - 5th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22
SAUDI ARABIA - 5th death anniversary of Saudi Arabia's Crown.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
LIBYA - 5th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey - 5th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
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