DIARY - Political and General News Events From Aug. 18
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
SEOUL - South Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho will attend a regular meeting with other government ministers to discuss economic issues - 0100 GMT.
SINGAPORE - International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Sim Kee Book Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) in Singapore will hold the 6th Annual SKBI conference on "Fintech and Financial Inclusion" at Singapore Management University (to Aug. 19). The conference, supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and United Overseas Bank, will focus on the impact of innovations in financial technology (fintech) on financial inclusion in emerging market and developing economies.
LIMA - Peru's Prime Minister Fernando Zavala will present the government's proposed reforms to the opposition-controlled Congress in hopes of getting a green light for special powers to legislate economic policies.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be meeting the federal cabinet to discuss important political and security issues concerning the country. ** GENEVA - Special advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Jan Egeland, briefs on the humanitarian situation following the weekly task force meeting - 1100 GMT. ** BRANDENBURG - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Council President Donald Tusk meet for a working dinner.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
SINGAPORE - Monetary Authority of Singapore's Managing Director, Ravi Menon to give a keynote speech at The 6th Annual SKBI conference on "Fintech and Financial Inclusion" at Singapore Management University - 0100 GMT
ANKARA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay an official visit to Turkey to hold talks with Turkish officials on bilateral ties and regional issues.
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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MONDAY, AUGUST 22 ** VENTOTENE, Italy - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on an Italian island to discuss the EU's way forward after Britain's shock vote to quit the bloc. ** HELSINKI - Finnish leaders speak at ambassador conference.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 ** 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.
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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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
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.
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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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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
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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