Japan:
Global biodiversity conference opens in Nagoya to seek new ways to combat the destruction of the natural world (-29)
Japan:
Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is considering legislation that would have the Japanese Imperial Navy add territorial policing to its responsibilities following recent disputes with China in the East China Sea
China:
Annual plenum of Communist Party Central Committee wraps up; focus on political leadership, economic growth; Vice-President Xi Jinping may be promoted to vice-chairman of party's Central Military Commission, paving way for him to become president in two years
South Korea:
South Korea hosts Chiefs of Defence conference in Seoul (-22); senior defence officials from 27 countries, including USA, Japan, Russia and India, participate
Myanmar:
Supreme Court holds a hearing on detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's latest appeal against her house arrest
Russia:
The Russian and Polish governments have agreed on a draft contract that would increase the amount of natural gas sent to Poland from Russia by 10 billion cubic meters per year.
Turkmenistan:
Uzbek President Islom Karimov visits to attend friendship festival in northern Dasoguz Region (-19)
Iran:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visits Tehran; due to meet Iranian high-ranking officials, discuss bilateral, regional and international issues
Kuwait:
New hearing in trial of journalist Muhammad Abd-al-Qadir al-Jarim charged with damaging national unity, defaming ruling amir
Turkey:
German President Christian Wulff visits accompanied by delegation of senior German officials, leading businessmen (-22)
Lebanon:
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko wraps up visit, meets Lebanese President Michel Sulayman, Prime Minister Sa'd-al-Din al-Hariri, parliament Speaker Nabih Mustafa Birri, first time ever official visit of such level
Israel:
Israeli Defence (ISDEF) 2010 trade show opens (-20)
Israel:
Tel Aviv is monitoring a Syrian aid flotilla expected to depart Syria for the Egyptian port of al-Arish, The Jerusalem Post reported
Somalia:
Following up after it was confirmed Somali pirates captured a South Korean fishing boat and its crew of 43 sailors off the coast of Kenya and have been taken to Harardhere, a pirate stronghold north of Mogadishu. The boat had been in waters considered safe because it was more than 400 kilometers from the pirates' base, and the Kenyan navy had been patrolling regularly.
Sudan:
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) holds national meeting (-19); chaired by South Sudan President Salva Kiir; implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Darfur conflict, peace and security on agenda; postponed from 16 September
Nigeria:
Nigeria's ruling party to hold primaries (to Oct. 20) to select its presidential nominee for January elections, in what is set to be one of the fiercest contests since the end of military rule just over a decade ago.
Ukraine:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez begins two-day working visit (-19)
Greece:
Bank of Greece governor George Provopoulos to deliver keynote speech (1730).
Italy:
International Contact Group on Afghanistan meets in Rome; 46 representatives from various organizations, countries including US Gen David Petraeus for ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), US special representative Richard Holbrooke, Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul and representatives of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states; control of territory, stability, role of neighbouring countries on the agenda; Iran sending its representative for the first time
Belgium:
Train services between Belgium, other European countries expected to be severely disrupted because of strike action by Belgian railway workers
France:
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in Deauville to discuss joint security concerns
France:
Fuel strike has not yet affected Charles de Gaulle airport, which has sufficient supplies of jet fuel and only Nice airport is running low, but arrangements are being made to receive fuel from Italy. So far, 230 of France's 13,000 petrol stations are running out. But a spokesman for France's CGT union said no crude is arriving through France's ports of Marseilles, Le Havre and Nantes, and no refined products are leaving.
France:
UN forum on long-term stability and sustainability of Afghanistan (to Oct. 19)
UK:
UK government unveils results of its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in two separate announcements; new national security strategy is announced today to explain principles behind spending cuts and resource allocation, which is announced tomorrow
Brazil:
Green Party candidate Marina Silva, who was eliminated in the October 3 first-round presidential election, said she will remain neutral in the October 31 runoff vote as anticipation begins to rise ahead of the second vote.
US:
The Department of Defense is preparing to review the leak of as many as 500,000 documents about the war in Iraq by the website WikiLeaks and has a 120-member team ready to review the release even if it occurs as early as today or tomorrow (but the department does not expect the release until at least October 24)
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