Japan: US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates visits from China for talks with Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa; tensions on Korean peninsula expected to dominate agenda Japan:Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) holds its annual conventionVietnam: Ruling Communist Party continues 11th national congress; country's new leadership likely to be selected (-20) Indonesia: Indian Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma concludes four-day visit Malaysia:The Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim rebel group to hold informal talks aimed at restarting negotiations to end more than 40 years of separatist conflict. Russia: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gives news conference to sum up 2010 Pakistan:Former Rawalpindi city police officer Saud Aziz and SP [Superintendent of Police] Khurram Shahzad to appear in the court over Benazir Bhutto assassination Azerbaijan: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso visits to discuss settlement for Karabakh region disputed with Armenia, political, economic issues including energy projects Turkmenistan: EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger will travel to Turkmenistan to lobby for the Nabucco natural gas project.Turkey:Trial of 151 Kurdish politicians and activists accused of links to Kurdish PKK rebels continue. Turkey: EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton visits Istanbul to meet Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ahead of Five Plus One talks on Iran's nuclear programme scheduled for 21-22 January Qatar: Third and final day of Forum for the Future in Doha; US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends as last leg of regional tour Qatar: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko concludes two-day visit after meeting Emir Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Prime Minister Shaykh Hamad Bin-Jasim Bin-Jabr Al Thani Yemen:A Yemeni-Turkish media talk session co-chaired by Minister of Information Hassan al-Lawzi and Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.Yemen:Following up after Yemeni authorities said citizens must obtain prior approval before entering a foreign embassy Lebanon: Watching developments after Lebanon's unity government collapsed on Wednesday after ministers from Hezbollah and its allies resigned over UN probe into assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri; Prime Minister Saad Hariri was in Washington meeting US President Obama at the time, and has flown on to France for talks with President Sarkozy Egypt: Largest registered opposition party Al-Wafd holds news conference on recent attack on church in Alexandria, which killed 23 peopleSudan: Watching developments as week-long referendum on Southern Sudan's proposed independence enters fifth day (-15) Tunisia: National Assembly holds emergency session following several days of unrest over unemployment and poor living conditions; further strikes expected in several cities (Kasserine, Sfax, Gabes); general strike in capital Tunis called for tomorrow
Togo:Togo to hold "religious services" throughout country to commemorate military takeover by ex-President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Nigeria:Ruling People’s Democratic Party will hold presidential primaries ahead of national elections scheduled for April. The Atiku Abubakar campaign organization has alleged a plot to shut him out of the exercise. Greece: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visits to meet President Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister George Papandreou (-15) Slovakia:Poland's President Bornislaw Komorowski and Slovakia's President Ivan Gasparovic to hold two-day talks.
Hungary:European Union foreign and European affairs ministers to hold informal meeting.Holland: International Court of Justice in The Hague hears third and last day of border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua France: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri flies to Paris from Washington for talks with President Sarkozy following collapse of Lebanon's unity government on WednesdayUK:Francois Fillon wraps up official visit to Great Britain UN:Security Council meets on Ivory Coast. The council expected to adopt a resolution authorizing the continued stay in Ivory Coast.
US:President Asif Ali Zardari to attend the memorial service of Richard Holbrooke, the late US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan US:Members of the Republican National Committee hold a vote to elect the group's chairmanship.US: Top Palestinian negotiator Sa'ib Urayqat visits Washington for talks on ways to resume stalled Middle East peace talks
Hungary:European Union foreign and European affairs ministers to hold informal meeting.Holland: International Court of Justice in The Hague hears third and last day of border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua France: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri flies to Paris from Washington for talks with President Sarkozy following collapse of Lebanon's unity government on WednesdayUK:Francois Fillon wraps up official visit to Great Britain UN:Security Council meets on Ivory Coast. The council expected to adopt a resolution authorizing the continued stay in Ivory Coast.
US:President Asif Ali Zardari to attend the memorial service of Richard Holbrooke, the late US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan US:Members of the Republican National Committee hold a vote to elect the group's chairmanship.US: Top Palestinian negotiator Sa'ib Urayqat visits Washington for talks on ways to resume stalled Middle East peace talks
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