China:Top leaders speak at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People to appraise the 2010 Shanghai's Expo.India: Myanmar Deputy Minister for Home Affairs U Phone Swi leads delegation to 16th Home Secretary-level meeting in New Delhi (-28); Home Secretary GK Pillai heads Indian delegation which is likely to call for action
against Indian insurgent groups operating along India-Myanmar borderSri Lanka:Last day of visit by Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar to initiate defence contacts with country post defeat of Tamil Tigers Pakistan: Third anniversary of assassination of Prime Minister Benazir BhuttoPakistan: Local religious leaders hold protest rally in Faisalabad against proposed amendments in blasphemy law Pakistan: Indonesian parliamentary delegation visits (-30)Russia:Moscow's Khamovnicheskiy court judge starts reading out verdict in second trial of former Yukos oil company chief Mikhail Khodorkovskiy, his associate Platon Lebedev; may take several days; Khodorkovskiy is already serving eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion, now facing fresh charges of money laundering and embezzlement Russia: Newly-appointed Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev visits to meet counterpart Vladimir Putin; first foreign trip since appointment on 17 December (-28)Kazakhstan: Central Electoral Commission (CEC) considers initiative group's written application on holding national referendum on prolonging first President Nursultan Nazarbayev's term in office Iraq:Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari for discussions over the upcoming session for strategic partnership between the two countries, Turkey: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) secretary-general Abd-al-Rahman Bin-Hamad al-Attiyah begins visit (-29); during visit, to meet President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Yemen:The Yemeni government is setting up regional anti-terrorism units in suspected al Qaeda strongholds in a bid to uproot extremism in the country, they will operate in four provinces Israel: TENTATIVE Convoy coming by land from India expected to attempt to break Israeli blockade; involves some 500 activists mostly from 17 Asian countriesGaza: Second anniversary of start of Israel's 22-day attack on Gaza Strip; Operation Cast Lead Egypt: Last day of ruling National Democratic Party annual conference; follows 28 November parliamentary election which critics say was rigged to benefit party; 6th April Youth opposition movement's annual conference also ends today Egypt:Following up as Egypt adopts a stimulus plan in hopes of injecting 10 billion to 20 billion pounds into the economy in 2011. Effective the week of 2 Jan, 2011, the plan will allow 5.7 million state employees to borrow against their salaries for retail and other purchases, and is expected to increase economic growth by 0.50 to 0.75 of a percentage point, Boutros-Ghali said. Algeria: Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi on last day of visit
against Indian insurgent groups operating along India-Myanmar borderSri Lanka:Last day of visit by Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar to initiate defence contacts with country post defeat of Tamil Tigers Pakistan: Third anniversary of assassination of Prime Minister Benazir BhuttoPakistan: Local religious leaders hold protest rally in Faisalabad against proposed amendments in blasphemy law Pakistan: Indonesian parliamentary delegation visits (-30)Russia:Moscow's Khamovnicheskiy court judge starts reading out verdict in second trial of former Yukos oil company chief Mikhail Khodorkovskiy, his associate Platon Lebedev; may take several days; Khodorkovskiy is already serving eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion, now facing fresh charges of money laundering and embezzlement Russia: Newly-appointed Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev visits to meet counterpart Vladimir Putin; first foreign trip since appointment on 17 December (-28)Kazakhstan: Central Electoral Commission (CEC) considers initiative group's written application on holding national referendum on prolonging first President Nursultan Nazarbayev's term in office Iraq:Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari for discussions over the upcoming session for strategic partnership between the two countries, Turkey: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) secretary-general Abd-al-Rahman Bin-Hamad al-Attiyah begins visit (-29); during visit, to meet President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Yemen:The Yemeni government is setting up regional anti-terrorism units in suspected al Qaeda strongholds in a bid to uproot extremism in the country, they will operate in four provinces Israel: TENTATIVE Convoy coming by land from India expected to attempt to break Israeli blockade; involves some 500 activists mostly from 17 Asian countriesGaza: Second anniversary of start of Israel's 22-day attack on Gaza Strip; Operation Cast Lead Egypt: Last day of ruling National Democratic Party annual conference; follows 28 November parliamentary election which critics say was rigged to benefit party; 6th April Youth opposition movement's annual conference also ends today Egypt:Following up as Egypt adopts a stimulus plan in hopes of injecting 10 billion to 20 billion pounds into the economy in 2011. Effective the week of 2 Jan, 2011, the plan will allow 5.7 million state employees to borrow against their salaries for retail and other purchases, and is expected to increase economic growth by 0.50 to 0.75 of a percentage point, Boutros-Ghali said. Algeria: Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi on last day of visit
Comoros: Results expected from yesterday's presidential election Nigeria: Watching situation in central city of Jos after Christmas Eve bombings that killed 32 were followed by clashes between Christians and Muslims; soldiers are now patrolling streets in effort to prevent further violence Ivory Coast: General strike has been called from today by allies of opposition leader and winner of presidential election Alassane Ouattara to put pressure on President Laurent Gbagbo to leave officeBelarus: Russians arrested in Minsk during opposition protests on 19 December appear before Minsk City Court Austria: Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader appears before court in Salzburg; Croatia wishes to extradite him to face charges of abuse of office and criminal conspiracy; Austrians reportedly investigating allegations of money laundering against him
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