Japan: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad continues visit to meet counterpart Naoto Kan, Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara; stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Japanese aid for building independent state of Palestine on agenda (-26) Koreas: Watching developments/further reaction after North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing two marines; South Korean president ordered army to retaliate with missile strikes in the event of further attacks; US has described North shelling as "irresponsible and provocative" and said it would stand by its ally Seoul; Russia has spoken of a "colossal danger"; China, North Korea's main ally, has refused to apportion blame and urged both sides to show restraint; meanwhile, South Korean large-scale military exercise continues in the area China: China International Nuclear Symposium continues in Beijing (-25)Bangladesh:German Foreign Secretary is arrives in Dhaka Pakistan:Aalmi Majlas-e-Tahuffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nabuat (AMTKN) has warned the government of launching a countrywide protest if a blasphemy convict is shown any clemency by the presidency, and will hold a rally in front of the Governor's House in Lahore [A Christian woman, Asia Bibi, was convicted by a court of law for desecrating the Prophet Muhammad] Afghanistan: Final results of 18 September parliamentary election to be announced, following delays due to investigation into fraud complains Tajikistan:Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani visits Tajikistan for an overnight stay in capital Dushanbe, before attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to raise the question of Pakistan's full membership Turkmenistan:Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrives on a two-day official visit to Turkmenistan to sign a number of bilateral energy deals.Russia: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosts summit of heads of government in St Petersburg aimed at preventing extinction of tigers; last day Russia: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concludes visit after attending 15th Chinese-Russian prime ministerial meeting; energy, telecommunications, intellectual property, cross-border issues on agenda (Russia: Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan wraps up visit to Russia after attending China-Russia Energy Dialogue meeting, Joint Commission for Regular Meetings of Heads of Government of China and Russia; goes on to Turkmenistan to meet counterpart, attend first meeting of China-Turkmenistan cooperation committee (-25) Russia:Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to hold talks with Britain's business secretary Vince Cable.
Iran:Iran's capital Tehran cancels a working day for businesses, organizations, schools and universities due to air pollution Iran:A power station in Ardabil province will hold defence exercises to practice safety procedures in case of an air attack.Iran: Iranian Army stages four-day exercise (-26) in North Khorasan Province Iran:Trial resumes of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh, accused of spreading propaganda, conspiring to harm state securityTurkey:Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice (to Nov. 26) held in Istanbul UAE:Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to visit United Arab Emirates (to Nov. 25).UAE: Indian President Pratibha Patil visits to meet top officials in bid to boost India's ties with oil-producing Gulf region; last day Qatar:Uzbek President Islom Karimov wraps up visit to Qatar at the invitation of the Amir, Shaykh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.Yemen:President Ali Abdallah Salih attends inauguration of project to confront extremist ideology; scheme initiated by Islamic preacher Amr Khalid involves media campaign, training of young leaders, moderate preachers (-2 Dec) West Bank:Fatah Revolutionary Council meets in city of Ramallah to discuss peace talks with Israel, relations with rival faction Hamas, cabinet reshuffle Lebanon: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits to meet counterpart Sa'd-al-Din al-Hariri, President Michel Sulayman, Hezbollah politicians in bid to calm tensions related to UN probe into 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (-25) Gaza:Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini visits Gaza StripEgypt: Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov wraps up visit after meeting counterpart Ahmad Nazif Egypt:Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif meets Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. A joint news conference to follow (1100) Sudan: President Umar al-Bashir to address opening session of second conference of African Union social development ministers Kenya:ICC investigators to question police chiefs and provincial administrators over the politically-motivated violence before and after the 2007 general election. Ethiopia:40th anniversary of Ethiopia-China diplomatic relations celebrated with various exhibitions.Tanzania: Meeting of East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers continues in northern city of Arusha to consider progress in implementation of various EAC programmes, projects (-29) Burundi:Belgian defence minister wraps up visit Burundi Nigeria: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediation and Security Council meets in Abuja in bid to speed up implementation of Security Sector Reforms in Guinea-Bissau; follows security Nigeria: Navy, Army, Air Force continue joint offensive, codenamed Operation Nemo, targeting militancy, kidnapping, illegal oil lifting in territorial waters, especially in Niger Delta (-25)Greece: Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) preceeding the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (to Nov. 25)
Moldova: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visits to meet acting President Mihai Ghimpu, leaders of major political parties; second and last day Ukraine: Belgian Prince Philippe continues visit as head of economic mission; meets President Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to discuss bilateral economic cooperation (-25) Ukraine: Protests by small business owners against a new tax. A small ‘tent city’ has been set up with plans to hold a large-scale nationwide action on 25 Nov to appeal to local councils to ask the president to veto the tax altogether. Ukraine:Israeli President Shimon Peres continues visit
Belarus:A rally will be attempted in the centre of Minsk, in October Square, ahead of a demonstrations planned for presidential election day on 19 December. Bulgaria:Sofia hosts economic forum (to Nov. 25).
Slovakia:Government meeting, the cabinet expected to deliver an official stance and conditions of Slovakia's support for EU/IMF aid to Ireland. Serbia:EU Enlargement Commissioner Fuele to visit Belgrade Belgium:Bengali PM Sheikha Hasina will leave Russia for a four-day tour of Belgium. Belgium:The annual meeting of the Energy Charter stake place in Brussels. The main topic of the meeting would be relations with Russian oil and natural gas. France:Judge Renaud van Ruymbeke may attempt to search the premises of the DGSE [General Directorate for External Security - French external intelligence agency] in Paris in connection with one of the areas of the investigation into the Karachi affair [2002 bomb attack in which French nationals working for the French state-owned Directorate of Shipbuilding in Pakistan were killed] However, PM Fillon has so far successfully blocked the judge from entering the building. France:Prime Minister Francois Fillon makes general policy statement in National Assembly, following cabinet reshuffle UK:Emboldened by the numbers who took to the streets of London to campaign against the proposal to charge up to £9,000 a year in fees earlier in November, ,students are planning a wave of direct-action protests across the country. UK:Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Kyprianou holds a meeting with his British counterpart William Hague in London, to focus on the Cyprus issue and EU-Turkey relations.Ireland:Dublin to publish its four-year plan for a 15 billion euro programme of austerity measures. Portugal:Portuguese police forces will be on strike. The Judiciary Police (PJ), Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), Prison Guards Corps (CGP) and the Authority for Food and Economic Security (ASAE) have already decided on a complete stoppage in protest against the minority Socialist government's plans for austerity measures.
UN:Egypt pushing for UN Security Council session to discuss "Israeli practices in Palestinian territories", which is to hold a Middle East peace process review Colombia: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera visits to meet counterpart Juan Manuel Santos Ecuador:2nd ACI Environment Seminar (to Nov. 25).
Iran:Iran's capital Tehran cancels a working day for businesses, organizations, schools and universities due to air pollution Iran:A power station in Ardabil province will hold defence exercises to practice safety procedures in case of an air attack.Iran: Iranian Army stages four-day exercise (-26) in North Khorasan Province Iran:Trial resumes of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh, accused of spreading propaganda, conspiring to harm state securityTurkey:Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice (to Nov. 26) held in Istanbul UAE:Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to visit United Arab Emirates (to Nov. 25).UAE: Indian President Pratibha Patil visits to meet top officials in bid to boost India's ties with oil-producing Gulf region; last day Qatar:Uzbek President Islom Karimov wraps up visit to Qatar at the invitation of the Amir, Shaykh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.Yemen:President Ali Abdallah Salih attends inauguration of project to confront extremist ideology; scheme initiated by Islamic preacher Amr Khalid involves media campaign, training of young leaders, moderate preachers (-2 Dec) West Bank:Fatah Revolutionary Council meets in city of Ramallah to discuss peace talks with Israel, relations with rival faction Hamas, cabinet reshuffle Lebanon: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits to meet counterpart Sa'd-al-Din al-Hariri, President Michel Sulayman, Hezbollah politicians in bid to calm tensions related to UN probe into 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (-25) Gaza:Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini visits Gaza StripEgypt: Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov wraps up visit after meeting counterpart Ahmad Nazif Egypt:Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif meets Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. A joint news conference to follow (1100) Sudan: President Umar al-Bashir to address opening session of second conference of African Union social development ministers Kenya:ICC investigators to question police chiefs and provincial administrators over the politically-motivated violence before and after the 2007 general election. Ethiopia:40th anniversary of Ethiopia-China diplomatic relations celebrated with various exhibitions.Tanzania: Meeting of East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers continues in northern city of Arusha to consider progress in implementation of various EAC programmes, projects (-29) Burundi:Belgian defence minister wraps up visit Burundi Nigeria: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediation and Security Council meets in Abuja in bid to speed up implementation of Security Sector Reforms in Guinea-Bissau; follows security Nigeria: Navy, Army, Air Force continue joint offensive, codenamed Operation Nemo, targeting militancy, kidnapping, illegal oil lifting in territorial waters, especially in Niger Delta (-25)Greece: Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) preceeding the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (to Nov. 25)
Moldova: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visits to meet acting President Mihai Ghimpu, leaders of major political parties; second and last day Ukraine: Belgian Prince Philippe continues visit as head of economic mission; meets President Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to discuss bilateral economic cooperation (-25) Ukraine: Protests by small business owners against a new tax. A small ‘tent city’ has been set up with plans to hold a large-scale nationwide action on 25 Nov to appeal to local councils to ask the president to veto the tax altogether. Ukraine:Israeli President Shimon Peres continues visit
Belarus:A rally will be attempted in the centre of Minsk, in October Square, ahead of a demonstrations planned for presidential election day on 19 December. Bulgaria:Sofia hosts economic forum (to Nov. 25).
Slovakia:Government meeting, the cabinet expected to deliver an official stance and conditions of Slovakia's support for EU/IMF aid to Ireland. Serbia:EU Enlargement Commissioner Fuele to visit Belgrade Belgium:Bengali PM Sheikha Hasina will leave Russia for a four-day tour of Belgium. Belgium:The annual meeting of the Energy Charter stake place in Brussels. The main topic of the meeting would be relations with Russian oil and natural gas. France:Judge Renaud van Ruymbeke may attempt to search the premises of the DGSE [General Directorate for External Security - French external intelligence agency] in Paris in connection with one of the areas of the investigation into the Karachi affair [2002 bomb attack in which French nationals working for the French state-owned Directorate of Shipbuilding in Pakistan were killed] However, PM Fillon has so far successfully blocked the judge from entering the building. France:Prime Minister Francois Fillon makes general policy statement in National Assembly, following cabinet reshuffle UK:Emboldened by the numbers who took to the streets of London to campaign against the proposal to charge up to £9,000 a year in fees earlier in November, ,students are planning a wave of direct-action protests across the country. UK:Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Kyprianou holds a meeting with his British counterpart William Hague in London, to focus on the Cyprus issue and EU-Turkey relations.Ireland:Dublin to publish its four-year plan for a 15 billion euro programme of austerity measures. Portugal:Portuguese police forces will be on strike. The Judiciary Police (PJ), Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), Prison Guards Corps (CGP) and the Authority for Food and Economic Security (ASAE) have already decided on a complete stoppage in protest against the minority Socialist government's plans for austerity measures.
UN:Egypt pushing for UN Security Council session to discuss "Israeli practices in Palestinian territories", which is to hold a Middle East peace process review Colombia: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera visits to meet counterpart Juan Manuel Santos Ecuador:2nd ACI Environment Seminar (to Nov. 25).
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