News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Sept. 27

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 
    
    • NEW YORK – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to New York (final day).
    • BRUSSELS - Britain's Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay meets European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels - 1200 GMT NEW YORK – Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi visits New York to attend various international conferences that will be held in conjunction with the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (to Sept. 28). SEOUL - Bulgarian Prime Minister to pay official visit to Republic of Korea (final day)

    WASHINGTON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the US (final day). MUNICH – 186th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 6).

    CAPE TOWN, LILONGWE - Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, will tour southern Africa from the Sept. 23 to Oct. 2, and will stop in South Africa, Malawi, Botswana and Angola. (to Oct 02) BRUSSELS - European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to meet with Finland Prime Minister Antti Rinne - 0900 GMT

    BRUSSELS - European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to meet with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney - 1000 GMT

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

    KABUL - Presidential election.

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 
    

    LILONGWE – Britain's Prince Harry arrives in Malawi and meets with Malawian President Peter Mutharika. BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 
    
    • TALLINN - Albanian President Ilir Meta visits Estonia (to Oct. 1). PRAGUE - Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne will meet his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis. The two leaders will hold a news conference after their meeting. - 0640 GMT

    PRAGUE - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will visit Prague on the 30th anniversary of East German refugees being allowed to travel from then-Czechoslovakia to West Germany. Maas will meet Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek to sign a cooperation agreement and hold a joint news conference. - 1245 GMT

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 
    

    GLOBAL - International day of older persons.

    ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 59th year of independence. CHINA - 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2	
    
    • BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, for bilateral talks in Berlin. - 1030 GMT GUINEA – 61st anniversary of independence from France.

    GLOBAL - International day of non-violence. WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Finland President Sauli Niinistö at the White House. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan meets with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and business communities before departing for London.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 
    

    DELHI – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit India (to Oct. 6).

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 
    

    GLOBAL - World teachers' day.

    SAN FRANCISCO – 8th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

    ABU DHABI - Election for Emirati Federal National Council.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 
    

    LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.

    TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 
    

    MOSCOW - 13th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. BAGHDAD - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Iraq (to Oct.08). LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 8)

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 
    

    NUR-SULTAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Kazakhstan & hold talks with his Kazakh colleague Beibut Atamkulov. (to Oct-9)

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    GLOBAL - World post day. LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 
    

    GLOBAL - World mental health day.

    GLOBAL - World day against death penalty.

    GLOBAL - World sight day.

    FIJI – 49th anniversary of independence. RIYADH - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia.

    REYKJAVIK - U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to speak at Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik (to Oct. 13). ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The CIS Council of Foreign Ministers will meet in Ashgabat. LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    MAMALLAPURAM, TAMIL NADU, India - Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Indian Prime Minister during a two-day long summit in the southern state of Tamil Nadu (to Oct 13). STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia - Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Slovakian central bank governor and member of the ECB governing council Peter Kazimir, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis, European Investment Bank Vice-President Vazil Hudak will speak at the annual Tatra Summit conference (to Oct. 13).

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    BALI - 17th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

    SAN JOSE, Chile – 9th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. Poland - Polish Senate election. Poland - Election for Polish Sejm.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 
    

    ISLAMABAD - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Pakistan (to Sept. 18). LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting SANTIAGO – APEC finance ministers' meeting (to Oct. 15).

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.

    GLOBAL - International day of rural women. LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council (Art. 50) meeting MAPUTO - Election for President.

    MAPUTO - Election for Mozambican Assembly.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    GLOBAL - World food day.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

    GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. BRUSSELS - EU European Council meeting (to Oct. 18)

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    JERUSALEM – Eight anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – Eight anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election

    Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election Bolivia – President election

    BERN - Referendum election.

    BERN - Election for Swiss National Council.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 
    

    OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 
    

    LIBYA – Eight anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

    VAN, Turkey – Eight anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

    Botswana - Botswana National Assembly election.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 
    

    SOCHI - Russia hosts Russia-Africa summit co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 
    

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Chamber of Deputies.

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Senate.

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for President.

    PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Senate.

    PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Chamber of Deputies.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 
    

    GREECE - European and Arab officials meet in Athens to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and sustainable development. (to Oct 30).

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31			  
    

    ISTANBUL, Turkey - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Turkey.

    BANGKOK - Leaders from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok to attend the 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits before handing over the chairmanship to Vietnam (to Nov. 4). LONDON - UK Speaker of the House John Bercow will step down on 31-Oct-2019.

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    BUDAPEST - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Hungary.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 
    

    SANTIAGO, Chile - Heads of states from participants in the year-long Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum gather for final meeting (to Nov 17).

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 
    

    BANGKOK – Pope Francis will visit Thailand (to Nov. 23)

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 
    

    TOKYO – Pope Francis will visit Japan, during which time he will go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as Tokyo (to Nov 26).

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