DIARY - Political and General News Events From Sept. 20
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
NEW YORK/UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations begins the General Assembly (to Sept. 26). United States President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto are among scheduled speakers.
NEW YORK/UNITED NATIONS - U.S. President Barack Obama hosts a Leaders Summit on Refugees on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. ** NEW YORK - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will meet with the United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide in New York on the sidelines of the 71st Session and the high-level Week of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). ** NEW YORK - International Syria Support Group will meet on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. ** NEW YORK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York. ** NEW YORK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
NEW YORK - OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria presents international migration outlook - 1715 GMT.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
OTTAWA/MONTREAL - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay a three-day visit to Canada (to Sept. 24) for talks on trade - including a dispute over Canadian canola exports - as well as boosting the economy.
MOSCOW - German Vice Chancellor and Economic Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel will visit Russia (to Sept .22) to hold talks with Russian government officials about the state of bilateral trade relations.
NEW YORK - The Middle East Quartet - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, EU and U.N. heads meet on sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly's General Debate to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
NEW YORK/UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosts world leaders for Paris Agreement on climate change event.
NEW YORK - U.S. President Barack Obama participates in U.S.-Africa business forum.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ** DAKAR - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visits Senegal for a two-day visit (to Sept. 23).
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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 ** MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is expected to visit Russia (to Oct. 14) to take part in the opening ceremony of a Serbian honorary consulate in Russia's second biggest city of St. Petersburg.
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 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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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