Japan:
Ministerial meeting on sidelines of UN biodiversity talks in Nagoya; Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and Papua New Guinean counterpart Samuel Tei Abal co-chair discussion on efforts to create mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation in order to curb climate change; meeting aims to build momentum ahead of UN talks in Cancun in November on replacing Kyoto Protocol
North Korea:
Red Cross officials from South and North meet in border city of Kaeso'ng for talks on humanitarian issues, regular reunions of families separated by Korean War
Vietnam:
Preparatory meetings at ministerial and senior official levels to prepare for the 17th ASEAN Summit
Indonesia:
Watching developments after government raised alert level for active volcano Mount Merapi in central Java to its highest: as many as 40, 000 people have begun to evacuate vicinity amid fears of repetition of eruption in 1930, which levelled 13 villages and killed 1400 people
Thailand:
The UN secretary-general will visit Thailand to discuss Bangkok's role in regional security cooperation; national army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has warned anti-government protestors Red Shirts that they will not be allowed to gather during Ban's visit; Red Shirts have said want to petition Ban over killings of 91 people in military crackdowns of April and May; heads for Cambodia in evening
Singapore:
Court is due to deliver a verdict on Alan Shadrake, a 75-year-old British freelance journalist arrested in Singapore on charges of contempt of court for a book on the death penalty.
Malaysia:
Indian PM Manmohan Singhs travels to Malaysia to hold talks with Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak.
Nepal:
The thirteenth attempt to vote for a prime minister. Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel, the lone candidate in the prime ministerial race, faced the 12th defeat over two weeks ago.
Russia:
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano stake part in the 5th International Energy Week "Moscow Energy Dialogue," and is also scheduled to meet with senior officials from the Russian Foreign Ministry, Rosatom, Rostekhnadzor, and the Federal Medical-Biological Agency.
Kyrgyzstan:
Military court of the Bishkek garrison resumes trial of Sanjarbek Bakiyev [a nephew of the former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev].
Pakistan:
Friends of the US suspect accused of the Times Square bombing attempt appear in Pakistani court: Jamil Akhtar, Muhammad Shahid, and Muhammad Shoaib, who have been arrested by the Sihala police and are said to be friends of Faisal Shahzad
Pakistan:
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Margret Chao and Regional Director Dr Hussain A Gazairy begin visit (-29) to review work of WHO in flood relief, polio eradication
Afghanistan:
Afghan Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani said he wants to award a tender to a foreign company for the development of the Hajigak iron ore deposit west of Kabul, which has 2 billion tons of reserves with 62 percent iron concentration, by July 2011 – quite simply immensely huge reserves. The ministry also plans to award tenders by late 2011 for the Balkhab copper deposit in the north, which has reserves of around 45 million tons.
Iran:
Ayatollah Khamene'i will meet with the Supreme Council of Qom Theological Seminary
Iran:
Fuel to be loaded into Bushehr power plant reactor, according to Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Ala'eddin Borujerdi
Turkey:
Iraq Mega Projects conference held in Istanbul; focuses on strategies to develop Iraq as major oil producer; leading contractors, field operators, ministry representatives, local governors, experts attend
Turkey:
Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek to present 2011 draft budget to parliament's budgetary commission.
Qatar:
Doha Tribeca Film Festival
Iraq:
Follow up after Iraqi Legal Expert, Tareq Harb, said US troops can't be prosecuted by the Special International Crimes Court for committing war crimes (because the United States of America is not member in the court and had not signed the Rome Treaty for 1998 related to the formation of the International Court of Crimes.)
Yemen:
Following up after Yemeni Interior Ministry announced it has uncovered an eight-member group plotting to bomb a number of sites in Aden in hopes of disrupting the Gulf Cup Tournament from Nov. 22 to Dec. 5
Yemen:
The Yemeni government has initiated a new program to fight al Qaeda whereby the government pays tribesmen a daily stipend and gives them ammunition to hunt the Islamist militants
Libya:
The third conference of Libyan-Chinese friendship association in Tripoli wraps up
Algeria:
Trial in absentia of the leader of Al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) begins. (Includes 12 alleged terrorists, including AQLIM leader, Abdelmalek Droukdel, who is till on the run, and the jailed Hassan Hattab, one of the founding members of the Salafi Group for Call and Combat, GSPC, which renamed itself AQLIM a few years ago.
Morocco:
World Economic Forum on Middle East and North Africa held in Marrakech
Mauritania:
National Forum in Nouakchott (-27) aimed at forging consensus on how to combat Al-Qa'idah in Islamic Magreb (AQLIM)
Kenya:
Parliament continues censure of Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula over corruption allegations in procurement of properties belonging to Kenyan missions abroad
Kenya:
The mayor of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, appears in court to be charged by anti-corruption agents after controversial purchase of a piece of land for use as a cemetery
Uganda:
All candidates for presidential elections will be confirmed.
Nigeria:
Senate votes on alteration to bill aimed at extending length of 2011 general election voting period; bill amendment was requested by Independent National Electoral Commission (Nigerian African Independent TV)
Ukraine:
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits; during visit meets President Viktor Yanukovych, opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko; expected to raise human rights issues; final
Ukraine:
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits to attend meeting of bilateral intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation; agreements on waterways, shipping on agenda (Russian expansion of Black Sea Fleet)
Ukraine:
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visits for talks with counterpart Viktor Yanukovych
Poland:
Appeal court in Poland hears prosecution complaint against release of Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev following arrest on Russian warrant on 17 September. Russian parliament to discuss Chechen attack to put pressure on court.
Greece:
Bank of Greece publishes report on state of country's economy in first half of 2010
Austria:
Review Conference of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), ahead of OSCE Astana summit on 1-2 December; final day
Germany:
Transparency International launches annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI); index ranks countries by their perceived levels of corruption
Belgium:
President Nursultan Nazarbayev wraps up official visit to Brussels
Belgium:
EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee meeting for second and final day; Turkish EU affairs minister Egemen Bagis taking part
France:
UNEF [the National Union of French Students] called young people and students to a day of "action all over France", with rallies and sit-ins, to show that the protests are continuing during the October holidays. However, workers at one of France’s 12 blocked oil refineries voted to end their strike as the government said fuel shortages were damaging the economy
UK:
Amir of Qatar Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah al-Thani visits, doubtful he lands in France first
UN:
Cuba presents resolution at UN General Assembly condemning US embargo on it
US:
Further proceedings in trial of Canadian former child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba; Khadr pleaded guilty yesterday to war crimes; move believed to be part of plea bargain agreement
Mexico:
Suspected members of the Sinaloa drug trafficking cartel warned that they would kill 135 people after security forces seized 134 tons of marijuana last week in Tijuana, Baja California state, Milenio
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