Australia:World's largest short film festival takes place in AustraliaJapan:Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Economics minister Kaoru Yosano Holds News Conference. China:US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman resigns effective April 30.Cambodia:Verdict expected in case of seven Thai nationalist activists arrested on 29 December on charges of illegal entry, including Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth South Korea:Resumption of suspended talks between Red Cross officials from South and North in town of Munsan south of demilitarized zone (North Korean news agency KCNA)Pakistan: Anti-terror court indicts Malik Mumtaz Qadri for assassinating Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in early January India: Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav continues visit for talks with counterpart Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; Nepalese Maj-Gen Daman Bahadur Ghale also visits to meet Chief of Army Staff General V. K. Singh (-5) Russia: Monument to late first Russian President Boris Yeltsin unveiled in his home city of Yekaterinburg; President Dmitriy Medvedev expected to attend; Communists to protestRussia:OSCE chairman visits Moscow to discuss with the Russian authorities the follow-up to the Astana OSCE summit and the chairmanship’s priorities, including protracted conflicts, transnational threats, energy security, media freedom and ways to strengthen OSCE. [Arrives at Domodedovo airport!] Kyrgyzstan: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits for talks on trade, investment; first day of two Kyrgyzstan: Armed forces continue command-and-staff anti-terror exercises (- 12) Iran: Anniversary of return of Ayatollah Khomeyni in 1979; beginning of Ten Days of Dawn celebrations marking victory of Iranian revolution (11)Iran: Majlis (parliament) discusses motion to impeach Road and Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani over recent plane crash, increase in number of road accidents Iran:Weekly briefing of the Iranian Foreign Ministry takes placeTurkey: Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd wraps up visit after meeting counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu Israel: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visit to attend bilateral government consultations Egypt: Watching continuing protests; opposition called for "million-man march" to be held today Egypt:Following as Noor Group, Egypt's last working Internet service provider, is shut down, as the country went completely offline. [Is this first ever country to shut all internet activity deliberately and completely?] Sudan: Watching developments after anti-government protests in Khartoum continued for second day yesterday
Businessmen hold nationwide protest against governments economic policies, particularly new Tax Code Bosnia:12 leaders of parties of Bosnia and Herzegovina meet to discuss alliances to meet in Saarajevo. The parties are expected to determine alliances giving them the necessary majority for general and entity voting. This comes after a similar meeting held in mid January 2011 ended with no breakthroughs. Elections were held in early October 2010. Switzerland:New law on assets claimed by Haiti takes effect in Switzerland. It will return assets which the Swiss government regards as being obtained unlawfully. Funds worth some 5.4 billion euros that the deposed dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier took out of the country are expected to be return to Haiti. [Will law affect Tunisian ex-president Zain al-Abideen?] Germany:Hearing takes place in Germany in new case of asylum seeker who burned to death at police stationEU: New Tunisian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ounais visits Brussels to meet High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton Belgium:European Parliament foreign affairs committee meets in BrusselsBelgium:Foreign minister of Cyprus visits European Commission. Markos Kyprianou, due to meet the president, José Manuel Barroso France:French National Assembly meets in Paris to discuss the impact of Nato strategy on the French armed forces.UK:US Central Command Commander Gen James Mattis delivers first major address at Policy Exchange thinktank (1800). Ireland:Irish parliament dissolved ahead of electionCanada: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Shaykh Hasina visitsUS:Human Rights Watch releases report on Guinea, outlines a human rights agenda for the new government to sustain the positive momentum of reform, a year after the stadium massacre by security forces that left hundreds dead.
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Businessmen hold nationwide protest against governments economic policies, particularly new Tax Code Bosnia:12 leaders of parties of Bosnia and Herzegovina meet to discuss alliances to meet in Saarajevo. The parties are expected to determine alliances giving them the necessary majority for general and entity voting. This comes after a similar meeting held in mid January 2011 ended with no breakthroughs. Elections were held in early October 2010. Switzerland:New law on assets claimed by Haiti takes effect in Switzerland. It will return assets which the Swiss government regards as being obtained unlawfully. Funds worth some 5.4 billion euros that the deposed dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier took out of the country are expected to be return to Haiti. [Will law affect Tunisian ex-president Zain al-Abideen?] Germany:Hearing takes place in Germany in new case of asylum seeker who burned to death at police stationEU: New Tunisian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ounais visits Brussels to meet High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton Belgium:European Parliament foreign affairs committee meets in BrusselsBelgium:Foreign minister of Cyprus visits European Commission. Markos Kyprianou, due to meet the president, José Manuel Barroso France:French National Assembly meets in Paris to discuss the impact of Nato strategy on the French armed forces.UK:US Central Command Commander Gen James Mattis delivers first major address at Policy Exchange thinktank (1800). Ireland:Irish parliament dissolved ahead of electionCanada: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Shaykh Hasina visitsUS:Human Rights Watch releases report on Guinea, outlines a human rights agenda for the new government to sustain the positive momentum of reform, a year after the stadium massacre by security forces that left hundreds dead.
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