Going on holiday, back on 2nd September.
Russia: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon continues visit (-20) after attending quadrilateral summit with counterparts from Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan in Sochi on 18 August
Afghanistan: The Afghan government has begun recruiting thousands of militiamen, following approval in July by President Hamid Karzai. The U.S.-backed move is under way in Wardak and Uruzgan provinces, according to Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Munir Mangal, and will soon expand to the rest of the nation with a force of about 10,000 men.
Afghanistan: A military operation in two districts of Kandahar province will begin within days, Afghan Gen. Sher Mohammad Zazai said
Pakistan: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad and Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami have set up camps in Karachi to raise funds to help victims of massive floods in Pakistan, The Times of India reported
Armenia: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev begins visit ahead of Collective Security Treaty Organization summit (20-22); several bilateral agreements on strategic cooperation expected to be signed
Armenia: Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is in Yerevan, Armenia, to attend an informal Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit Aug. 20-21
Turkey: National Security Council to hold two-monthly meeting.
Lebanon: Next round of talks between rival politicians to discuss incorporation of Hezbollah in national defence strategy, relations with Israel following border clashes in early August
Lebanon: Following up Fatah al-Islam confirmed the death of two of the group’s leaders, Abu Muhammad Awad and Abu Bakr Mubarak, and said they were killed by Lebanese intelligence services while on their way to Iraq
Sudan: President Umar al-Bashir holds meeting with political parties to discuss 2011 referendum on South Sudan independence following reports that it may be delayed; South Sudan's ruling Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) boycotts meeting
Sudan: Khartoum will begin publishing daily oil production figures and will carry out a complete, independent audit of the oil industry since 2005, Sudanese Energy Minister Lual Deng said, which is to be released before the January 2011 referendum on southern independence.
Mozambique. The government has approved the construction of a $2 billion hydroelectric dam intended to increase energy and attract foreign investments. The dam, Mphanda Nkuwa, will produce 1,500 megawatts of power and will be constructed 60 kilometers downstream from the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi River
South Africa: More than one million public sector workers resume strike action after negotiations over pay and conditions ended in deadlock. More unions expected to join the strike. Will monitor schools and hospitals.
Serbia: Serbian Minister of Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said that Kosovo's ban on state visits by Serbian officials is an attempt to demonstrate quasi-statehood, FoNet reported and said it is the job of EULEX to ensure that Serbian politicians are allowed access to Kosovo.
Bosnia: Turkish President Abdullah Gul visits Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Holland: Once every five years, hundreds of tall ships and historic sailing boats sail on the wide canals around Amsterdam.
France: First plane with 79 illegal Roma migrants on board flies to Romania; part of controversial plan to repatriate 700 Roma to Romania, Bulgaria by end of August
Spain: Spain will spend 500 million euros ($644 million) on 50 infrastructure projects which were suspended in May “to help austerity measures”, Transport and Development Minister Jose Blanco said
UN: World Humanitarian Day.
UN: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosts a meeting at the UN to ask countries to contribute to the Pakistan flood appeal that was launched last week. The UN says six million desperately need emergency aid but most still have not received it. Ten of thousands of villages remain under water .Meanwhile new flood warnings have been issued in some areas of Pakistan.
US: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu addresses a National Press Club lunch about how the city is faring five years after Hurricane Katrina. His speech begins at 1 p.m. Ecuador: China will lend $1 billion to Ecuador for telecommunication and hydropower projects, and Chinese company CAMC is interested in investing another $1 billion in irrigation and agricultural projects
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