DIARY - Political and General News Events From Nov 27

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1000 GMT.

All times in GMT unless otherwise stated.

Items marked denote new or amended listings

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama attends a National Thanksgiving Turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House.

MADRID - French President Francois Hollande meets Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid.

** BRUSSELS - Cyprus's President Nicos Anastasiades meets European Council President Jose Manuel Barroso - 1030 GMT.

MEXICO CITY - Israeli President Shimon Peres will visit Mexico.

** ATHENS - OECD's Secretary General Angel Gurria will present the OECD's latest economic survey of Greece - 1300 GMT.

** ROME - The Italian senate is set to vote on whether former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be expelled from the upper house of parliament.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28

VILNIUS - 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit (to Nov. 29). The event will be hosted by the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.

VIENNA - Thirty-five nation governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) holds regular board meeting (to Nov. 29).

MADRID - World Economic Forum Europe Roundtable in Spain.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29

** WARSAW - Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk will hold talks with France President Francois Hollande at the Prime Ministers Chancellery in Warsaw.

** QUITO, Ecuador - Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Finance Ministers will meet in Quito.

TEHRAN, Iran - 2nd Anniversary of an Attack on the British Embassy by Dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters Angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30

NEW DELHI/CHENNAI - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit India (to Dec 05).

BANGKOK - Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit Thailand (to Dec 02).

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1

GLOBAL - U.N. World Aids Day.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2

BEIJING - British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit China (to Dec 04).

LIMA - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Peru to attend the opening of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

YEREVAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Armenia.

** SINGAPORE - Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will speak at an event hosted by the foreign ministry's Diplomatic Academy.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3

MARRAKESH, Morocco - 5th International Tax Dialogue (ITD) Global Conference (to Dec 05). Speakers:- Morocco Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid and IMF Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik.

BALI, Indonesia - 9th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (to Dec 06).

BERLIN - Transparency International will release the 19th annual Corruption Perceptions Index in Berlin

GLOBAL - International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4

MANILA - Myanmar President Thein Sein will visit Philippines (to Dec 06).

MARSEILLE, France - 5th OECD Roundtable of Mayors and Ministers (to Dec 05). OECD Deputy Secretary General Yves Leterme will be speaking on the topic "Building the future of our cities: Bridging national and local policies".

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

GLOBAL - International Volunteer Day.

STOCKHOLM - Nobel Week in Stockholm (to Dec. 13).

OSLO - Nobel Peace Prize Events in Oslo (to Dec. 13).

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

AYODHYA, India - 21st anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid by Hindu rioters in 1992.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

STOCKHOLM - Nobel Prize Concert in Sweden.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9

BEIJING, China - China Celebrates the 12th Anniversary of its Entry into the World Trade Organization.

MANCHESTER, U.K. - The European Forum to discuss Nuclear Technology Issues, Opportunities & Challenges (to Dec. 12).

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Nobel Week Dialogue 2013.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

GLOBAL - World Human Rights Day.

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN)

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council (FAC)

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Second Death Anniversary of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il.

BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council (GAC)

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Migrants Day.

TUNISIA - 3rd 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.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Dec. 20).

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

GENEVA - UN-Russia-U.S. trilateral meeting will be held in Geneva to prepare for the Geneva II international conference on Syria.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25

GLOBAL - Christmas Day, Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26

INDIA/INDONESIA/SRI LANKA/THAILAND - 9th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami.