DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 31
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 ** MEXICO CITY - U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump is to visit Mexico for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. ** COLOMBO - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe - 1430 GMT.
ALPBACH, Austria - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz take part in a panel discussion on "Transparency - Cui Bono?" - 1300 GMT.
MARANELLO, Italy - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Maranello for a regular Italo-German summit. ** BEIJING - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a joint news conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after attending a welcome ceremony. ** BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. ** TOKYO - Japan releases its annual defense budget. The Japanese military has asked for a hike in defense spending to record levels as it juggles its response to an escalating North Korean ballistic missile threat and encroaching Chinese military power in the East China Sea. ** PARIS - French president Francois Hollande meets European Council President Donald Tusk - 1630 GMT. ** UNITED NATIONS - UN Yemen mediator Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is expected to brief the Security Council - 1400 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).
NEW DELHI - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will be on a state visit to India (to Sept. 3).
BEIJING - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay a working visit to China (to Sept. 5).
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 ** TEHRAN - UN Humanitarian Chief Stephen O'Brien is scheduled to visit Islamic Republic of Iran (to Sept. 5).
HONG KONG - Legislative Council election.
HANGZHOU, China - G20 Meeting in China (to Sept. 5). Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
LJUBLJANA - Bled strategic forum (to Sept. 6).
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 ** VIENTIANE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Laos.
VIENTIANE - India-Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) Summit (to Sept. 7).
VIENTIANE - 11th East Asia Summit will be held in Vientiane, Laos (to Sept. 8)
INDIA/BANGLADESH - 5th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
KHARTOUM - Chad President Idris Debby visits Sudan to participate in celebrations marking end of term of the Darfur Regional Authority.
TBILISI - Members of the North Atlantic Council will visit Georgia (to Sept. 8).
TBILISI - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Georgia (to Sept. 8).
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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 visits India (to Sept. 18).
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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