Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1000 GMT.
All times in GMT unless otherwise stated.
Items marked ** denote new or amended listings.
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JULY (UNDATED)
ZIMBABWE - Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
GUINEA - Parliamentary elections.
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MONDAY, JULY 8
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
WASHINGTON - First round of U.S.- EU trade talks.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of State sponsor the fifth meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) will be held in Washington (to July 12).
** ANKARA - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to chair a meeting of the cabinet of ministers.
** LISBON - Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva meets parties to difuse political crisis.
** BRUSSELS - EU Council Van Rompuy to meet Philippines Foreign Affairs Minister Albert del Rosario.
** LONDON - British Minister for Europe David Lidington to attend event at the Association of European Journalists.
WARSAW - Greek President Karolos Papoulias will make an official visit to Poland (to July 9). Karolos Papoulias will hold talks with his counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski and with the country's political leadership.
GENEVA - EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht will host a meeting in Geneva which will be attended by a high-level representation from the Government of Bangladesh, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the U.S. Government. Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni expected to attend the meeting.
LAMPEDUSA, Italy - Pope Francis visits the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa in Italy.
PYONGYANG - Death anniversary of Kim Il-sung, founder of North Korea.
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TUESDAY, JULY 9
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
** KATMANDU - Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will visit Nepal(to July 10).
BEIJING - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visits China (to July 12). He is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
** MUNICH, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at Bavarian economic talk.
TEHRAN - 14th anniversary of attack on Tehran University dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestine marks 9th anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West Bank were illegal.
SOUTH SUDAN - 2nd Anniversary of South Sudan becoming an Independent State.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
WASHINGTON - The Senate Agriculture Committee holds a hearing on the proposed purchase of Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, by the Chinese firm, Shuanghui International.
** BRASILIA - Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega to speak at a congressional hearing.
** WELLINGTON - New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English delivers a speech to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Wellington.
** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Belarussian counterpart Vladimir Makei to give news briefing.
** BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso meets Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
** PRISTINA - EU foreign poilcy Chief Catherine Ashton holds talks with leaders in Kosovo. Catherine Ashton will meet Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. They will talk about the implementation of agreements from the EU-facilitated dialogue as well as the next steps towards European integration.
PURI, India - Nearly a million Hindu pilgrims expected to throng the eastern Indian coastal town of Puri for the 1,000 year old traditional chariot festival. Thousands of devotees traditionally pull three giant chariots amid frenzied chanting of hymns in the colourful festival.
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THURSDAY, JULY 11
VILNIUS - President of Germany Joachim Gauck to visit Lithuania (to July 13).
BERLIN - Africa Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss peace and security architecture in Africa.
GLOBAL - United Nations World Population Day.
MUMBAI - 7th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on Mumbai's commuter rail network.
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FRIDAY, JULY 12
BERLIN - Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and they hold a joint news conference - 1200 GMT.
NEW YORK - Malala Yousafzai, Chair of Swat District Child Assembly, Pakistan will be giving her first public address on "Malala Day" at the United Nations, on her 16th birthday.
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SATURDAY, JULY 13
BHUTAN - Second Round of Parlimentary elections.
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SUNDAY, JULY 14
PARIS - Bastille Day.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
SAINT HELENA - Parlimentary elections.
PORI, Finland - Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, European Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb will speak in Pori.
GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute.
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THURSDAY, JULY 18
GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day.
JOHANNESBURG - 95th birthday of South African leader Nelson Mandela.
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FRIDAY, JULY 19
MOSCOW - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (to July 20).
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain - European Foreign Affairs Minister to meet in Palma de Mallorca.
BARCELONA, Spain - 15th FINA World Championships (to Aug. 4).
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SATURDAY, JULY 20
CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.
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SUNDAY, JULY 21
JAPAN - Parlimentary elections.
TOGO - Parlimentary elections.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, United States - 2nd anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135.
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MONDAY, JULY 22
BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
BRASILIA - Pope Francis will visit Brazil (to July 29).
OSLO - Second Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed.
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THURSDAY, JULY 25
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - G20 Sherpas' Meeting (to July 26).
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Pope Francis will visit the Manguinhos slum in Rio de Janeiro
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SATURDAY, JULY 27
KUWAIT - Parlimentary elections.
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SUNDAY, JULY 28
CAMBODIA - Parlimentary elections.
NORTHERN CYPRUS - Parlimentary elections.
GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day.
GLOBAL - 99th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
MALI - (TBC) Presidential election.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7).
WARSAW - Poland marks 68th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation.
CHINA - 86th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 6
HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Commemorations 68th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9
NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 68th
Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
MOSCOW- 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (to Aug. 18).
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
PAKISTAN - 66th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule.
LEBANON - Hezbollah marks seventh anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15
JAPAN - 68th anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two.
INDIA - 66th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.
LIECHTENSTEIN - 207th Anniversary of Independence.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 19
GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day
MOSCOW - 22nd anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
MONTREAL, Canada - 2013 World Cancer Congress (to Aug. 30).
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
BALTIC WAY - 24th 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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SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
POLAND - Poland marks the 24th anniversary of the creation of the first post-communist government in 1989.
UKRAINE - 22nd Anniversary of Independence.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
PALEMBANG, Indonesia - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers Process (FMP) Working Group III Meeting (to Aug. 29).
** VENICE, Italy - 70th Venice International Film Festival (to Sept 7).
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SEPTEMBER 2013
GERMANY - (TBC) Federal election 2013.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 9th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan school.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 02
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - G20 Sherpas' Meeting. A Discussion of the Leaders' Joint Declaration (to Sept. 5).
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - G20 Finance Ministers' Deputies Meeting. A Discussion of the Leaders' Joint Statement (to Sept. 5).
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
MUNICH, Germany - 41st Anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen which killed 11 Israelis.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - G20 Leaders' Summit (to Sept. 6).
NEW YORK - New York Fashion Week Spring / Summer 2014 (to Sept. 12).
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
INDIA/BANGLADESH - 2nd anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
FRANKFURT - 65th International Motor Show (to Sept. 22).
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
UNITED STATES - 12th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
LONDON - (TBC) London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2014 (to Sept. 17).
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
GLOBAL - International day of Democracy.
GUATEMALA - 192nd Anniversary of Independence.
EL SALVADOR - 192nd Anniversary of Independence.
COSTA RICA - 192nd Anniversary of Independence.
HONDURAS - 192nd Anniversary of Independence.
NICARAGUA - 192nd Anniversary of Independence.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations 68th Annual General Assembly starts.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
BRUSSELS - European Economic and Social Committee plenary session (to Sept. 19).
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
BALI - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers' Meeting (to Sept. 20).
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
VIENNA - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference Meeting (to Sep. 20).
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
VIENNA - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations General Assembly debate (to Oct. 4).
BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 40th anniversary of independence from Portugal.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
SEOUL - South Korea marks the 63rd anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War.
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