China:
Nearly 5,000 state-owned enterprises in China have gone bankrupt each year since 2002, according to the former head of China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Xinhua reported. Some of the enterprises that have gone bankrupt have been administered by the central government, according to Li Rongrong, the former commission head.
North Korea:
Watching developments after reports suggested Korean Workers' Party congress may start today
Hong Kong:
Trial resumes of nine Greenpeace activists charged with criminal damage for painting slogans on roads, pavements during 19 May climate change protest
Philippines:
Quezon City court hears more prosecution testimonies against a former mayor accused of masterminding the massacre of 57 people in the south in November 2009.
Myanmar:
Myanmar's main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), was dissolved after failing to register for November elections
India:
All-party conference held to discuss recent upsurge in Kashmir violence; meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Pakistani Geo News TV)
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan's central bank has taken control of Kabulbank after suspicions of irregularities were raised. Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat said investigations also had been launched into the bank's top two directors and shareholders as well as a brother of Afghan First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim.
Kyrgyzstan:
Kyrgyzstan will consider deploying forces from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to the country's restive south sometime after parliamentary elections are held, an OSCE spokesman said in Bishkek
Pakistan:
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, is living in Pakistan, in Quetta, or possibly Karachi. He also said Afghan President Hamid Karzai was trying "to reach an agreement with the Pakistanis so that the international forces would leave Afghanistan as soon as possible."
Pakistan:
Afghan President Hamed Karzai meets counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, visits flood-affected areas
Russia:
Rally held in North Ossetian city of Vladikavkaz over recent violence, demanding response from authorities; at least 16 people were killed, 100 wounded in suicide bombing in Vladikavkaz market on 9 September
Russia:
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg visits northern city of Murmansk to sign sea border agreement with President Dmitriy Medvedev
Iran:
Assembly of Experts (supreme religious institution) holds regular meeting; second and final day
Iran:
Conference in Tehran on Iranian-African economic, media cooperation prospects; attendees include Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, Malawi's Bingu wa Mutharika; over 20 ministers of foreign affairs, industry, commerce and health from other African countries; last day
Turkey:
Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi visits to meet Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (-16); follows Turkey's mediation efforts between Iran and the West
Bahrain:
Two Salafist jihadists were arrested near Sanabis in northern Bahrain, an unnamed Bahriani security source said. The explosive devices that were seized with them were tested and proved to be quite strong, sending metal fragments 100-150 meters in all directions.
Israel:
Second round of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks continues in Jerusalem, involving US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Middle East envoy George Mitchell, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas; follows negotiations they held in Egypt's Sharm al-Shaykh yesterday
Somaliland:
Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) militant group denied its fighters were present in Somaliland, contrary to the claims by the Somaliland army and police that 300 ONLF fighters had been surrounded after entering the region following training in Eritrea
Sudan:
The United States has offered Sudan a package of incentives if it resolves the outstanding issues over Darfur and the vote on Southern secession. The offer includes licences for agricultural machinery and the lifting of some trade sanctions
Ethiopia:
Ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front holds meeting in southern city of Adama, Oromiya Region (-17)
Madagascar:
National Conference held (-18) as part of transition process in run-up to 17 November constitutional referendum, next year's presidential, legislative elections; postponed from 30 August
Kenya:
Kenya hosts an international meeting on biodiversity, climate change and land use bringing together conservation scientists, planners, graduate students, managers and policy makers (to Sept. 17).
Algeria:
The 8 billion cubic meters per year Medgaz pipeline is due to be ready to begin pumping gas from Algeria to Spain in the final quarter of 2010 and is to be completed this week.
Ukraine:
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev wraps up visit after meeting counterpart Viktor Yanukovych for talks on energy, aircraft, space projects (Russian news agency Interfax)
Austria:
First high-level conference of Africa and Europe Energy Partnership (AEEP) held in Vienna; expected to launch Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme; energy, foreign ministers in attendance; second and last day; postponed from April due to Icelandic volcano ash
Italy:
Italian authorities seized $1.9 billion of Mafia-linked assets, the largest ever seizure against the Mafia, in an operation that showed the crime group was laundering money through alternative energy firms. The assets included at least 40 companies, hundreds of land parcels, factories, buildings, bank accounts, stocks, cars and yachts. Most of the assets were located in Cosa Nostra's home of Sicily and 'Ndrangheta's territory in southern Calabria.
Germany:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democrats (CDU) addresses the Bundestag (parliament) during a budget debate which the opposition traditionally uses to fire back when Social Democrats (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel takes the floor.
Holland:
International Court of Justice (ICJ) continues 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) (ICJ website)
France:
Looking for reaction, comment after EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding delivered stern rebuke to France over its "disgraceful" treatment of Roma migrants, saying it may trigger legal action by the EU
France:
French President Sarkozy meets representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to prepare for United Nations summit on the Millennium Development Goals (1530).
France:
French unions hold a low-key 'day of action' ahead of major protests and demonstrations against a planned hike in the retirement age being introduced by the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy.
UK:
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward to appear before MPs on energy & climate change committee on implications of Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
EU:
The European Commission has no choice but to take legal action against France for its expulsion of Roma immigrants, European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said. Reding said she will recommend "fast track infringement procedure" to Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
UN:
Panel of inquiry into Israel's 31 May raid on Gaza aid flotilla delivers interim report to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
US:
Russian Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov visits (-16), meets counterpart Robert Gates today; expected to sign memorandum of understanding, agreement on working group on defence relations (Russian news agency Interfax-AVN)
US:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes on new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START); may be postponed to 16 September (Russian news agency Interfax)
US:
U.S. lawmakers will hold a hearing to consider whether U.S. government action is needed to address China's exchange rate policy.
US:
The World Trade Organization expected to release a long-awaited ruling on whether U.S. government support for Boeing <BA.N> violates global trade rules.
Mexico:
Celebrations of 200th anniversary of independence
Colombia:
The Eastern Block of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Eastern Combat Front of the National Liberation Army claimed to have reached a ceasefire agreement in Arauca department to end clashes that started in 2006, El Espectador reported
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