OPEC: OPEC celebrates 50th anniversary. In Austria, Abdalla Salem El-Badri holds a news briefing Australia: Cabinet ministers sworn in by Governor-General Quentin Bryce (Australian ABC radio)Australia: Defence Department hosts meeting of Asia-Pacific member countries of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Cairns Japan:Japan's governing Democratic Party votes in tightly fought leadership election that could deliver country's third prime minister in a year; veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa has challenged Prime Minister Naoto Kan for top job following poor results in upper house elections in July Taiwan:Taiwanese coast guard patrol vessels near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyutai islands in the East China Sea are preparing for a confrontation after two Taiwanese activists in a fishing boat set out for the islands for a confrontation with Japanese patrol vessels Russia: Russia has noted an increase in coordinated violence in the North Caucasus, with nearly 500 terrorist acts committed this year, Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said Afghanistan: US General David Petraeus has urged NATO commanders to contract more work to Afghans in an effort to boost Afghanistan's Azerbaijan: Baku hosts Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania energy summit attended by presidents Ilham Aliyev, Mikheil Saakashvili, Traian Basescu; agenda focuses on liquefied gas transportation Iran:Assembly of Experts (supreme religious institution) begins two-day meetingIran: Conference in Tehran on Iranian-African economic, media cooperation; attendees include Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade; over 20 ministers of foreign affairs, industry, commerce and health from 30 African countries; first day of two Iran: Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan visits Iran to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues with President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki Saudi Arabia: Barack Obama's administration will soon notify Congress that it authorizes a $60 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Saudis may buy 84 F-15 fighters, upgrade 70 more, and purchase 70 Apache helicopters, 72 Black Hawks and 36 Little Birds, officials said, adding a potential $30 billion package to upgrade Saudi Arabia's naval forces is also being discussed. Yemen: Tribesmen have attacked a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in the southern Yemeni province of Marib, which transports LNG to the Belhaf Port Terminal export point in Shabwa province, cutting off the pipeline's LNG supply. Israel: Mossad security service chief Meir Dagan testifies at inquiry into 31 March raid on Gaza aid flotillaEgypt: Eleven officials from the Egyptian Culture Ministry will appear in court for the first time charged with negligence that led to the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated 55 million USD. Egypt: A High Administrative court expected to rule in the appeal of Madinaty project land deal.Egypt: Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmud Abbas hold second round of direct talks in Sharm al-Shaykh; US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also attends; first round was held in Washington on 2 September Libya: A Libyan naval patrol on the evening of September 12 opened fire on an Italian fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea, DPA reported. The L'Ariete arrived in the southern Italian island of Lampedusa after escaping a boarding attempt, Captain Gaspare Marrone said. The boat and its 10-man crew say they were in international waters in the Gulf of Sidra, 30 nautical miles from Libya's coast, when the incident occurred. Kenya: The Kenyan government is inviting construction firms to bid on the first phase of the Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor, which would link the envisaged Port of Lamu with Ethiopia and Southern
SudanKenya: Third African International Radiation Protection Association regional conference held in Nairobi (-17) Madagascar: National Conference continues (-18) as part of transition process in run-up to 17 November constitutional referendum, next year's presidential, legislative elections; postponed from 30 August South Africa: South Africa will keep a target for 26 percent black ownership of mines by 2014, according the country's new mining. South African mining groups will procure 70 percent of services and 50 percent of consumer goods from black-led companies by 2014. Greece: Greece will receive the second loan installment of the Economic Support Mechanism, the Greek Finance Ministry announced. Eurozone members contributed 6.5 billion euros ($8.4 billion), which was deposited in the Bank of Greece via the European Central Bank and 2.5 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund will arrive today. Ukraine: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visits to meet counterpart Viktor Yanukovych for talks on resumption of oil transit across UkraineSerbia: The European Union will try to move Serbia's EU membership application forward as a reward for softening its stance on Kosovo's declaration of independence, Belgium Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere said Switzerland: Swiss cement producer Holcim will receive $650 million for its former Venezuelan subsidiary, which Caracas nationalized in 2008, Financial Times reported Italy: The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation releases new figures on world hunger. Norway: An Iranian diplomat in Belgium has resigned to join the opposition, the former consul of the Iranian Embassy in Norway said, Bloomberg reported. Farzad Farhangian resigned his post and is under police protection in Oslo, the official said. Holland: International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds hearings into Russia's challenge to its jurisdiction in case brought by Georgia; Russia is accused of breaches of International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (-17) France: Lawmakers take final vote on law banning face-covering veils in public spaces Cuba: Following up as the Cuban government says its new employment policy calls for the removal of 500,000 workers in the state sector by mid-2011, Spain's ABC reported Canada: World Energy Congress in Montreal, attended by energy executives (-16) UN: General Assembly annual session opens; Development Millennium Goals summit held on 20-22 September, general debates on 23-25 and 27-30 September US: Russian Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov visits Washington to meet Secretary of Defence Robert Gates (-16)Mexico: President Felipe Calderon meets Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom; delivers results of ongoing investigation into events resulting in deaths of 72 migrants in Mexico in August, five of whom so far identified as Guatemalan citizens
SudanKenya: Third African International Radiation Protection Association regional conference held in Nairobi (-17) Madagascar: National Conference continues (-18) as part of transition process in run-up to 17 November constitutional referendum, next year's presidential, legislative elections; postponed from 30 August South Africa: South Africa will keep a target for 26 percent black ownership of mines by 2014, according the country's new mining. South African mining groups will procure 70 percent of services and 50 percent of consumer goods from black-led companies by 2014. Greece: Greece will receive the second loan installment of the Economic Support Mechanism, the Greek Finance Ministry announced. Eurozone members contributed 6.5 billion euros ($8.4 billion), which was deposited in the Bank of Greece via the European Central Bank and 2.5 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund will arrive today. Ukraine: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visits to meet counterpart Viktor Yanukovych for talks on resumption of oil transit across UkraineSerbia: The European Union will try to move Serbia's EU membership application forward as a reward for softening its stance on Kosovo's declaration of independence, Belgium Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere said Switzerland: Swiss cement producer Holcim will receive $650 million for its former Venezuelan subsidiary, which Caracas nationalized in 2008, Financial Times reported Italy: The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation releases new figures on world hunger. Norway: An Iranian diplomat in Belgium has resigned to join the opposition, the former consul of the Iranian Embassy in Norway said, Bloomberg reported. Farzad Farhangian resigned his post and is under police protection in Oslo, the official said. Holland: International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds hearings into Russia's challenge to its jurisdiction in case brought by Georgia; Russia is accused of breaches of International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (-17) France: Lawmakers take final vote on law banning face-covering veils in public spaces Cuba: Following up as the Cuban government says its new employment policy calls for the removal of 500,000 workers in the state sector by mid-2011, Spain's ABC reported Canada: World Energy Congress in Montreal, attended by energy executives (-16) UN: General Assembly annual session opens; Development Millennium Goals summit held on 20-22 September, general debates on 23-25 and 27-30 September US: Russian Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov visits Washington to meet Secretary of Defence Robert Gates (-16)Mexico: President Felipe Calderon meets Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom; delivers results of ongoing investigation into events resulting in deaths of 72 migrants in Mexico in August, five of whom so far identified as Guatemalan citizens
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