Kiribati:Delegates from all around the world are in Kiribati hold first meetings of Tarawa Climate Change Conference in the build up to the UN climate change talks in Mexico. Some 15 countries are attending. Japan:22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting (to Nov. 11).
South Korea:Eighty-three civic groups have united in a confederation, calling itself "Put People First! Korean People's G-20 Response Action." The group has designated the next three days as its rally period to raise public awareness of what it says is the negative impact from G-20's goals, such as further sidelining the underprivileged. South Korea:President Lee Myung-bak and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev will hold summit talks in Seoul on energy cooperation and partnership on global issuesChina:President Asif Ali Zardari visits China for the seventh time since assuming office more than two years ago. China:British Prime Minister David Cameron meets Chinese President Hu Jintao (0200).ChinaFollowing up afer China closes 625 of 971 local government liaison offices in Beijing in response to allegations by the public that the offices bribed central government officials, Thailand: Bangkok hosts 14th Anti-Corruption Conference, themed "Restoring trust: Global action for transparency" Indonesia:Obama is also scheduled to give a speech at Istiqlal Mosque, lay a wreath ay Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, and give a speech at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok. India:The Nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS] to organize countrywide protests against what it perceives to be a "political conspiracy" by the federal government to link it to terrorist activities. (In a resolution on Kashmir [Indian-administered Kashmir] it said the call for "azadi" [freedom] was "nothing short of treason".) India:Indian Space Research Organisation meets as it prepares two rocket launches next month with Russian and Singaporean technologies on-board for strengthening space-based communication and remote sensing services back home. Nepal:Top leaders of the major three parties - Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the Unified Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress - hold another round of talks on six identified issues of disagreement to break PM deadlock Pakistan:Secretary Punjab Nasir Mehmood Khosa’s deadline to recover 11 missing people and apprise the Supreme Court over compliance runs out. (Dr Niaz Ahmed, Mazharul Haq, Shafiqur Rehman, Mohammad Aamir, Abdul Majid, Abdul Basit, Abdul Saboor, Shafique Ahmed, Said Arab, Gul Roze and Tehseenullah were abducted from Adiala state jail. The 11 people were accused of terrorist activities and - after High Court's acquittal verdict - went missing) Russia: Hearings begin in libel lawsuit filed by sacked Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov against Ekho Moskvy radio, tabloid Tvoy Den over reports about funding allocated to victims of summer wildfiresKyrgyzstan: The hearing of an appeal by an ethnic Uzbek human rights defender, Azimjan Askarov, who wants to challenge his life sentence (NB Askarov was recently sentenced to life for a murder of a police officer and for instigating June's ethnic riots) Kyrgyzstan:Opening ceremony of new parliament in Bishkek, on same day as district court begins examining an appeal from the Butun Kyrgyzstan party to invalidate the Central Electoral Commission's decision that cancelled the results of Kyrgyz nationals voting in some polling stations in Russia.
South Korea:Eighty-three civic groups have united in a confederation, calling itself "Put People First! Korean People's G-20 Response Action." The group has designated the next three days as its rally period to raise public awareness of what it says is the negative impact from G-20's goals, such as further sidelining the underprivileged. South Korea:President Lee Myung-bak and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev will hold summit talks in Seoul on energy cooperation and partnership on global issuesChina:President Asif Ali Zardari visits China for the seventh time since assuming office more than two years ago. China:British Prime Minister David Cameron meets Chinese President Hu Jintao (0200).ChinaFollowing up afer China closes 625 of 971 local government liaison offices in Beijing in response to allegations by the public that the offices bribed central government officials, Thailand: Bangkok hosts 14th Anti-Corruption Conference, themed "Restoring trust: Global action for transparency" Indonesia:Obama is also scheduled to give a speech at Istiqlal Mosque, lay a wreath ay Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, and give a speech at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok. India:The Nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS] to organize countrywide protests against what it perceives to be a "political conspiracy" by the federal government to link it to terrorist activities. (In a resolution on Kashmir [Indian-administered Kashmir] it said the call for "azadi" [freedom] was "nothing short of treason".) India:Indian Space Research Organisation meets as it prepares two rocket launches next month with Russian and Singaporean technologies on-board for strengthening space-based communication and remote sensing services back home. Nepal:Top leaders of the major three parties - Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the Unified Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress - hold another round of talks on six identified issues of disagreement to break PM deadlock Pakistan:Secretary Punjab Nasir Mehmood Khosa’s deadline to recover 11 missing people and apprise the Supreme Court over compliance runs out. (Dr Niaz Ahmed, Mazharul Haq, Shafiqur Rehman, Mohammad Aamir, Abdul Majid, Abdul Basit, Abdul Saboor, Shafique Ahmed, Said Arab, Gul Roze and Tehseenullah were abducted from Adiala state jail. The 11 people were accused of terrorist activities and - after High Court's acquittal verdict - went missing) Russia: Hearings begin in libel lawsuit filed by sacked Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov against Ekho Moskvy radio, tabloid Tvoy Den over reports about funding allocated to victims of summer wildfiresKyrgyzstan: The hearing of an appeal by an ethnic Uzbek human rights defender, Azimjan Askarov, who wants to challenge his life sentence (NB Askarov was recently sentenced to life for a murder of a police officer and for instigating June's ethnic riots) Kyrgyzstan:Opening ceremony of new parliament in Bishkek, on same day as district court begins examining an appeal from the Butun Kyrgyzstan party to invalidate the Central Electoral Commission's decision that cancelled the results of Kyrgyz nationals voting in some polling stations in Russia.
Iraq:Kurdistan Region President Mas'ud Barzani plans to discuss future of the three presidencies ahead of parliamentary session tomorrow, where "Kurdish position will be made clear". Cabinet formation also discussed. Iraq:Baghdad-London flights resume after more than two decadesTurkey: Southern Hatay Province hosts international conference on rebuilding Iraq; attended by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, business people, academics from across Middle East (-11) Turkey:Tentative: European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says Iran has agreed to resume talks with west on its nuclear programme on 10 November, but more likely the 6+1 talks held on 15th November UAE:South Korean troops to be stationed in UAE, after Seoul approved a plan that would involve sending a battalion of combat troops to the United Arab Emirates on a two-year deployment to train UAE troops Qatar: Doha hosts Interpol's annual general assembly (-11) Lebanon: Efforts continue to find solution that would pave way for holding council of ministers' session Egypt:Mubarak chairs a meeting of the NDP's 46-member Higher Council with the objective of reviewing the party's final list of candidates and programmes. May make a political address to launch the party's "national electoral program for the next 5 years." Sudan:UN secretary-general's representative for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, wraps up visit to check the humanitarian situation in a number of states.Sudan:Following up after the leader of an armed Sudanese group calling itself Sudan Liberation-Popular Command, Adam Ali Showgar, announced that it has split from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and joined the peace process Somalia:Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, prime minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, said he would enter into negotiations with opposition groups in the country Nigeria:Nigeria's two main labour unions expected to hold a three-day nationwide strike from Wednesday over what they say is the government's failure to adopt a $120 monthly minimum wage. Guinea:First results in Guinea's presidential run-off expected to be announcedBulgaria: Third and final day of Syrian President of Bashar al-Asad's visit; first trip by a Syrian head of state to Bulgaria for 24 years Romania:Final day of Black Sea Renewable Energy Forum in Bucharest Hungary:Amnesty International launches report on anti-Roma attacks in Hungary.Serbia:As of 10 November, we can expect daily strikes throughout Serbian industry over pay and pension legislation. Salaries are down by more than 30 per cent and so are pensions by extension Germany:Un-recognised Dniester region Foreign minister Vladimir Yastrebchak attends OSCE event to dispel rumours that Moldova and the Dniester region have recently made big steps towards reunification. Norway: Defence ministers and senior defence officials from Britain, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden attend Nordic-Baltic Defence meeting to discuss security challenges, cooperation in Northern Europe, including deployments in Afghanistan Belgium: European Commission releases Energy Strategy 2020 Belgium:Expecting tough new rules on hedge funds when the European Parliament meets in BrusselsPortugal: European drugs watchdog launches annual report in Lisbon; overview of drug situation in EU member states, Croatia, Turkey, Norway UN:South Korea chairs meeting of an international forum aimed at fighting Somali pirates. The 7th plenary session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) will be held in New York, bringing together about 50 nations and global institutions to discuss cooperation in military operations, law enforcement against piracy, self-defence measures for the shipping industry, and enhancing the capacities of Somalia and nearby countries. Global:World Science Day for Peace and Development.US:Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is due to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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