What's Happening Today - Sunday 28 November

Japan: 

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Shaykh Hasina begins visit for talks with PM Naoto Kan (-1 Dec), also plans to meet with Emperor Akihito

Japan:

Gubernatorial election for Japan's southern island of Okinawa.

South Korea: 

Annual large-scale military exercise Hoguk continues, involving 70,000 troops from Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps (-30) Includes US forces.

Sri Lanka:

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to visit Sri Lanka (to Nov. 30)

Iran: 

Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'd al-Hariri continues visit (-29)

Iran:

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference for foreign and domestic media. He is expected to talk about the imminent implementation of his government's plan to slash energy and food subsidies as well as Iran's nuclear dispute with the West and the upcoming nuclear talks.

Oman: 

Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh conclude state visit

Yemen:

The trial resumes of a US citizen accused of killing a guard while trying to escape from a hospital where he was being held after being arrested as a terrorism suspect.

Syria: 

Indian President Pratibha Patil continues visit to discuss regional and international issues, first visit by an Indian president to Syria (-29)

Syria:

Speaker of Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani , arrives in Damascus to take part in an Islamic parliaments summit.

Jordan: 

Third annual conference for Arab investigative journalists wraps up in Amman; international reporters, experts discuss fostering freedom of information and in-depth reporting in Arab world; conference will host WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange via satellite

Jordan: 

Opening of parliament following 9 November elections

Lebanon:

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah to speak at 2:30 p.m. local time.

Israel:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits construction site of new border barrier. 1500 GMT.

Israel:

Annual Sigd celebration of Ethiopian Jewish community, Central ceremony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participating. 1900 GMT.

Israel: 

German President Christian Wulff visits (-30) Today, to lay a wreath on the grave of Theodor Herzel, founder of the World Zionist Organization.

Egypt: 

Election to parliament's lower house, People's Assembly, elections amid tensions and a government crackdown on media and opposition that has built up ahead of the vote. There are 508 seats up for grabs in the People Assembly, or parliament's lower house, largely controlled by ruling National Democratic Party.

Sudan: 

Only two more days of voter registration continues in Southern Sudan ahead of next year's independence referendum (-30)

Tanzania: 

EAC Council of the Ministers meet in Arusha to consider progress in the implementation of various EAC projects (-29)

South Africa: 

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP17) opens in Durban (- 9 Dec); heads of state, government officials, businessmen, others in attendance 

Ivory Coast: 

Second round of presidential election held; date postponed from 21 November while first round was held on 31 October; Burkinabe leader to hold talks with Ivorian runoff candidates ahead of poll

Ukraine: 

Speaker of Russian Federation Council upper house of parliament Sergey Mironov begins two-day visit to take part in 9th meeting of Ukrainian-Russian interparliamentary commission (-29)

Moldova: 

Early parliamentary elections, which citizens hope will see the end of a political deadlock since April 2009.

Switzerland:

Referendum - Swiss vote on whether foreign residents who have committed serious crimes should be deported to their countries.

Germany:

Russian-German economic and financial forum.

France:

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visits France and meets President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Spain:

Catalonia region to hold elections; first election since economic crisis hit two years ago, and Prime Minister Zapatero's ruling socialists expected to take a hit, possible omen ahead of nationwide municipal elections next year and general elections in 2012.

Haiti: 

Presidential and legislative elections, to elect Chamber of Deputies and one third of Senate 

US: 

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu continues visit (-30); meets US State Secretary Hillary Clinton

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