Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 0930 GMT and 1700 GMT. All times in GMT unless otherwise stated. Items marked ** denote new or amended listings. Media clients will also receive around 0700 GMT a daily REUTERS WORLD NEWS OUTLOOK which highlights key events for the coming week. For 2012 World Diary Please Click onurn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL17799804 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 BOCA RATON, FL - Presidential Final debate. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney to participate. ** PARIS - French President Francois Hollande meets Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny (1300). BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Oct. 23). BRUSSELS - European Parliament will vote on the proposed appointment of Yves Mersch to the European Central Bank's Executive Board. ROME - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti meets his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski (1330). ** MOSCOW - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich meets Russian President Vladimir Putin. ** LUXEMBOURG - EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting (to Oct. 23). OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (1400). ** LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron to speak on crime after a dismal week for his Conservative Party. DUBAI - World Energy Forum (to Oct. 24). U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby, Emir of Kuwait and other leaders to attend. ** JERUSALEM - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev visits Israel. ** ALGIERS - Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil meets Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal. VIENNA - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to visit Austria (0900). BRUSSELS - Eurostat will publish revised 2011 debt and deficit levels of all EU member States. L'AQUILA, Italy - The verdict is expected in a court case that accuses six Italian scientists and a government official of manslaughter for allegedly downplaying the risk of the earthquake that devastated L'Aquila in 2009. SAUDI ARABIA - First death anniversary of Saudi Arabia's Crown. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 AMSTERDAM - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano visits the Netherlands. GENEVA - WTO Dispute Settlement Body Meeting. BERLIN - British Foreign Secretary William Hague visits Germany. ** GAZA - Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bim Khalifa al-Thani visits Gaza Strip. ** COPENHAGEN - Europe INNOVA 2012 conference (to Oct. 24). WELLINGTON - Philippine President Benigno Aquino visits New Zealand. CAIRO - Egyptian court to rule on on whether the assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution is legal. LIBYA - First anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey - First anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 ** LONDON - EU President Herman Van Rompuy meets British Prime Minister David Cameron. BERLIN - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to visit Germany. NEW YORK - The Buttonwood Gathering (to Oct. 25) of leading policymakers, banking executives and regulators to discuss pressing economic and financial issues. GENEVA - U.N. war crimes investigators for Syria Paulo Pinheiro, Carla del Ponte, Karen Abuzayd and Vitit Muntarbhorn to visit Switzerland (to Oct. 25), to discuss expanded U.N. investigation into war crimes, human rights violations in Syria's conflict. CANBERRA - Philippine President Benigno Aquino meets Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. CALI, Colombia - VI Americas Competitiveness Forum (to Oct. 26). ** ZAGREB - Croatian Finance Minister Slavko Linic will address an economic gathering discussing 2013 growth prospects (0830). UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Day. PARIS - French appeals court delivers its final verdict on Jerome Kerviel, the former Societe Generale trader sentenced to three years in prison in France's biggest ever rogue trading scandal. LUSAKA, Zambia - 48th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 CHICAGO, IL - U.S. President Barack Obama casts his early-voting absentee ballot ahead of the November 6th election. JERUSALEM - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti expected to visit Israel. ** PARIS - French President Francois Hollande meets Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party (PD) Luigi Bersani (1400). BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Oct. 26). ** LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 26). MANCHESTER, NH - U.S. President Barack Obama campaigns in Manchester, New Hampshire. ** LUXEMBOURG - EU Environment Council meeting. VILNIUS - Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania in co-operation with the Constitutional Court. ** LONDON - London International Animation Festival (to Nov. 4). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 BRUSSELS - 1st anniversary of an EU agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis that included a writedown of 50 percent of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) totaling to euro 1 trillion. ** TOULOUSE, France - France's Socialist Party annual congress (to oct. 28). ** GOHEUNG, South Korea - South Korea plans to launch a rocket partially built by Russia carrying a scientific satellite after two failures. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 UKRAINE - Parliamentary elections. LITHUANIA - Parliamentary elections - Second Round. SICILY REGION, Italy - Regional elections. HELSINKI - Municipal elections. ** CHILE - Municipal elections. CORK, Ireland - Cork Jazz Festival (to Oct. 31). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 29 MAYAN RIVIERA, Mexico - G20 Sherpas meeting (to Oct. 30). ** LUXEMBOURG - EU Transport, Telecommunications & Energy Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 GENEVA - WTO Trade Policy Review Body meeting of Israel (to Nov. 1). BUTOVO, Russia - Russia marks annual day of remembrance for the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's purges. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 LISBON - Portugal's parliament to vote on 2013 budget. GLOBAL - World population reached 7 billion in Oct 2011. ** PARIS - French court to rule on acquittal of two policemen found not guilty of non-assistance to two youths whose death after a chase in a oor suburb sparked days of rioting in France in 2005. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan - Launch of ISS Progress 49, to carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station. - - - - - - - - - - NOVEMBER (UNDATED) UNITED NATIONS - U.N. is expected to hold a debate on whether to upgrade the Palestinians' U.N. status to a sovereign country. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 KALININGRAD, Russia - III International Energy Conference (to Nov. 2). FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 BRNO, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas to call the Civic Democrats (ODS) party congress (to Nov. 4). MEXICO - Mexicans celebrate 'Day of the Dead', keeping alive a tradition that blends Catholic rituals with the pre-Hispanic belief that the dead return once a year from the underworld. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 MEXICO CITY - G20 Finance and Centra
l Bank Deputies Meeting (to Nov. 4). PORT MORESBY - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to visit Papua New Guinea (to Nov. 5). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 MEXICO CITY - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (to Nov. 5). MEXICO CITY - G20 Trade & Investment Promotion Summit (to Nov. 6). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 ROME - 81st INTERPOL General Assembly (to Nov. 8). Presidents, Prime Ministers and Interior ministers from 100 countries to attend. VIENTIANE - The 9th Summit of ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) (to Nov. 6). CANBERRA - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla t0 visit Australia (to Nov. 10). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 UNITED STATES - Presidential elections. GEORGIA, U.S. - Special Election (to fill vacancies and propose questions). PUERTO RICO - Governor elections. GURGAON, India - World Economic Forum on India (to Nov. 8). GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. ISTANBUL - First hearing in trial of Israeli soldiers on charges including voluntary manslaughter and abduction in the May 31, 2010, siege of Mavi Marmara, Turkish boat carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip. MELBOURNE - Melbourne Cup 2012, Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 ** BRUSSELS - EU Commission will publish its autumn economic forecast for 2012-2014 for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, employment and public finances. GURGAON, India - World Economic Forum on India (SECOND DAY). ANDORRA - Andorra takes over Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (CM) of Council of Europe (to May 2013). BRASILIA - 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) (to Nov. 10). Link:www.15iacc.org. HERZLIYA, Israel - Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies to host Fifth Annual Civil Aviation Conference together with the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party will hold a congress to appoint a new generation of central leaders. GURGAON, India - World Economic Forum on India (FINAL DAY). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 UNITED KINGDOM - General Elections in Turks and Caicos Islands (British overseas territory). VIENNA - OPEC to publish Monthly Oil Market Report. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 WELLINGTON - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to visit New Zealand (to Nov. 16). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 ** BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. FRANKFURT - The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA). FUKUOKA, Japan - 2012 November Grand Sumo Tournament (to Nov. 25). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting. GLOBAL - World Pneumonia Day. ISTANBUL - Next hearing in trial against 44 pro-Kurdish journalists accused of belonging to armed militant group. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 INDIA - 'Diwali' Hindu festival of lights. YANGON - Second anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 LISBON - Portugal's biggest umbrella union, the CGTP, to stage a general strike to protest against a new batch of tax hikes announced by the government a few hours earlier. GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 RIGA - Latvia's parliament expected to hold its second and final reading of the 2013 budget. ISTANBUL - Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Forum (to Nov. 16). TALLINN - 4th annual Baltic Energy Summit (to Nov. 15). LAS VEGAS - XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. Link:http://www.grammy.com/news/xiii-latin-grammy-nominations-to-be-announced-sept-25 - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 GLOBAL - International Day for Tolerance. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 SIERRA LEONE - Presidential and Parliamentary elections. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. VUKOVAR, Croatia - 21st Anniversary of Vukovar massacre. On Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatia's independence captured the once prosperous, ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing it to rubble in a brutal three-month siege. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 ** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. STRASBOURG, France - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Nov 22). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 ** BRUSSELS - EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting. GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. ANKARA - Hearings in trial of former president Kenan Evren and retired Air Force commander Tahsin Sahinkaya for staging Sept. 12, 1980, military coup (to Nov. 22). NUREMBERG, Germany - 67th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 ** BRUSSELS - EU summit (to Nov. 23). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 CATALONIA, Spain - Regional elections. GLOBAL - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. YEREVAN - 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships (to Dec. 8). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 VIENNA - IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee meeting. DOHA - The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (to Dec. 7). MUMBAI - 4th anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on 26 November 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 LONDON - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) British Academy Children's Awards. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 QUITO, Ecuador - Meeting of Ministers of Justice or other Ministers or Attorney General of the Americas (REMJA VI) (to Nov. 30). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 VIENNA - IAEA Board of Governors Meeting. GLOBAL - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. TEHRAN - 1st anniversary of an attack on the British embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 ** KUWAIT - Parliamentary elections. GLOBAL - U.N. World Aids Day. VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Launch of egasus XL, Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) to provide significant new information to increase our understanding of energy transport into the corona and solar wind and provide an archetype for all stellar atmospheres. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 GHANA - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup Meeting. GLOBAL - International Day of Persons with Disabilities. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 GEORGIA, U.S. - Prim
ary run-off election. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Launch of Soyuz TMA-07M to carry three Expedition 34/35 crew members to the International Space Station. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 ** ROMANIA - Parliamentary elections. BEIJING - China celebrates the 11th anniversary of its entry into the World Trade Organization. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 STRASBOURG, France - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Dec. 13). GLOBAL - World Human Rights Day. OSLO - Press conference with the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting (to Dec. 12). VIENNA - OPEC to publish Monthly Oil Market Report. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec. 14). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (Final Day). LOS ANGELES - (TBC)Nominations for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild awards to be announced. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 BEVERLY HILLS Ca.- (TBC) Announcement of Nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globes Awards. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 TUNISIA - 2nd Anniversary of the self-immolation of street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution. NORTH KOREA - First death anniversary of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 GLOBAL - International Migrants Day. TUNISIA - 2nd Anniversary of Protests sparked by the Dec 17 self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, that led to the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 28 days later on 14 January 2011. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 LONDON - The British government will respond to recommendations by the Independent Commission on Banking on the future of the financial services industry. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service to celebrate its 92nd birthday. GLOBAL - International Human Solidarity Day. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 INDIA/INDONESIA/SRI LANKA/THAILAND - 8th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - 5th anniversary of the death of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 31 GENEVA - The current round of the Kyoto Protocol expires. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Content related query/feedback please Contact Diaries@thomsonreuters.com For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) link: https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx Screen clients can see a full list of Reuters Diaries by clicking onIND/DIARY Keywords: WORLD DIARY/
