DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 23
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
RIGA - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will participate in a summit with the Presidents of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. ** EDINBURGH - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks in Edinburgh - 1300 GMT.
BEIJING - Albania's Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati will pay an official visit to China (to Aug. 26).
LIMA - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera will speak at a business forum in Lima.
DUSSELDORF - Britain's Prince William visits Dusseldorf.
TOKYO - The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea to hold talks in Tokyo (to Aug. 24).
BRATISLAVA - Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg to visit Slovakia.
BATON ROUGE, United States - U.S. President Barack Obama will get a first-hand look at the damage done by floods to Baton Rouge and talk to local officials about what more the federal government can do to assist people as they rebuild their community. ** HELSINKI - Finnish ambassadors gather in Helsinki to discuss issues such as the security situation in the Baltic Sea, terrorist attacks in Europe and Brexit. Speakers:- Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila, Foreign Minister Petteri Orpo, Foreign Minister Timo Soini and President Sauli Niinisto.
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
TALLINN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas.
PRAGUE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Czech Republic and will be meeting with President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.
SEOUL - South Korea's finance minister Yoo Il-ho speaks at a weekly policy meeting - 0130 GMT.
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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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 ** RIGA - Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden) to visit Latvia - 0950 GMT.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 ** WARSAW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Poland to meet Polish, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak Prime Minister's.
GABON - Presidential election.
AUSTRALIA - Australia's Northern Territory holds local elections. Northern Territory voters go to the polls to elect a new Legislative Assembly. With constant ministerial changes, two Chief Ministers and six Deputy Chief Ministers, the focus of the election will be on the record of Adam Giles' Country Liberal government. ** SEOUL - South Korea finance minister Yoo Il-ho meets his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso - 0730 GMT.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 ** NEW DELHI - India-U.S. Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker visit India for the bilateral Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 ** ALPBACH, Austria - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz take part in a panel discussion on "Transparency - Cui Bono?" - 1300 GMT.
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THUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
DHAKA - 6th round of Bangladesh-Pakistan foreign secretary-level annual bilateral consultations is expected to be held in Dhaka (to Sept. 2).
NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 12th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
BEIJING/VIENTIANE - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to China and Laos (to Sept. 9). In China, he will attend a summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Hangzhou and hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss bilateral and global issues. In Laos, Obama will attend a summit between the United States and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet in Vladivostok
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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
HONG KONG - Legislative Council election.
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
SEYCHELLES - National Assembly election.
TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2016 (to Sept 18). http://tiff.net/tiff/
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
CROATIA - Croatian Parliament election (Snap election).
BELARUS - Chamber of Representatives election.
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 ** NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to embark on a three-day official visit to India (to Sept. 17).
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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