China: US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates concludes four-day visit after talks with Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, Vice-President Xi Jinping; goes on to Japan China: Iranian Deputy Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Baqeri visits ahead of next round of Five Plus One talks on Tehran's nuclear programme expected to take place in Istanbul on 21-22 January China: Maldivian Parliament Speaker Abdulla Shahid visits to meet top legislator Wu Bangguo (-16) North Korea:Panmunjom Red Cross liaison channel to be reopened Vietnam:The XIth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will open at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi for nine days. Sri Lanka:Colombo High Court to hear cases against Sarath Fonseka and Senaka de Silva Russia:State Duma's International Affairs Committee will hold a behind-closed-doors discussion of draft amendments and recommendations to be adopted when the START ratification law is Russia:US-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement enters into force (0800).Russia: Israeli National Security Council (NSC) chairman Uzi Arad concludes two-day visit to Moscow for annual consultations with counterpart Nikolay Patrushev Russia:Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) head Tatyana Anodina and head of MAK technical commission Aleksey Morozov give news conference (0900 gmt) on final findings of MAK probe into 10 April 2010 plane crash outside Smolensk which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski Pakistan:US Vice-President Joe Biden visits to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani, Army Chief Ishfaq Pervez Kayani; Biden was in Afghanistan yesterday Pakistan:Special anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi resumes trial of Saud Aziz and Farooq Shehzad, both police officers, in connection with murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Afghanistan:Following up as a large military operation in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province has caused approximately $100 million in property damage, including damage to crops, an Afghan government delegation said Kyrgyzstan:The trial of former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev's younger brother, Akmat Bakiyev, resumes, he is accused of organizing mass disturbances, illegal possession of weapons and some other offences. Azerbaijan:A group of Azerbaijani theologians have urged would-be protesters to stay away from the Taza Pir mosque in Baku, insisting that the government would list its restrictions on hijab in schools Iran: First anniversary of assassination of nuclear scientist Mas'ud Ali-Mohammadi; earlier this week, Tehran said Israel was behind it Iraq: Kuwaiti Emir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah visits for talks with President Jalal Talabani , Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki; comes after Kuwaiti soldier was killed in clash with Iraqi fishermen on 10 January Qatar:Forum for the Future held in Doha; annual meeting of government representatives, civil society organisations from G8, Middle East, North African stateQatar:French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to attend Future Forum with G8 counterparts/Arab Ministers.
Yemen:“Anniversary of reconciliation and tolerance” staged in south Yemen, could easily turn violentEgypt:Following up after the gunman who opened fire on a train in southern Egypt, killing one and wounding five, turned out to be an off-duty policeman Sudan: Watching developments as week-long referendum on Southern Sudan's proposed independence enters fourth day (-15)Tunisia: Violent unrest over unemployment and poor living conditions continues; hundreds of youths ransacked shops and set fire to a bank in Tunis suburb of Ettadamen on Tuesday; watching developments
Yemen:“Anniversary of reconciliation and tolerance” staged in south Yemen, could easily turn violentEgypt:Following up after the gunman who opened fire on a train in southern Egypt, killing one and wounding five, turned out to be an off-duty policeman Sudan: Watching developments as week-long referendum on Southern Sudan's proposed independence enters fourth day (-15)Tunisia: Violent unrest over unemployment and poor living conditions continues; hundreds of youths ransacked shops and set fire to a bank in Tunis suburb of Ettadamen on Tuesday; watching developments
Kenya: African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping meets President Mwai Kibaki to clarify Prime Minister Raila Odinga's role as mediator in Cote d'Ivoire crisis; Kibaki's aides are reportedly unhappy that AU did not properly brief Kibaki before announcing Odinga's appointment Nigeria:Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and the Clerk of the House, Sani Omolori face prison if they continue to ignore judgment of the court over the suspension of eleven lawmakers. Nigeria:Ruling People’s Democratic Party will hold its primaries for the country’s 36 state gubernatorial positions, as well as the state houses of assembly, ahead of national elections scheduled for April. Nigeria:The trial of Charles Okah is scheduled to begin. The brother of the former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, has been charged in a Nigerian court with complicity in the Oct. 1, 2010, Abuja bombings. Cyprus:President Khristofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu to meet for the last time ahead of reunification talks at the UN on 26th JanuaryGermany:Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will visit Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Press conference 1130G Germany:Hearing takes place in Germany in new case of asylum seeker who burned to death at police stationHolland: International Court of Justice in The Hague continues to hear border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua (-13) EU: European Parliament holds extraordinary session on Belarus amid human rights concerns in aftermath of recent presidential election (European Parliament website)France:Rwandan Hutu Callixte Mbarushimana, who has been placed under a formal judicial investigation for crimes against humanity by a Paris judge for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, to hear if he will be handed over to the ICC UK: Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang concludes four-day visit as last leg of tour which also included Spain (4-6) and Germany (6-9)UK: Bail hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court for Mongolian intelligence officer Bat Hurts (Khurts) fighting extradition to Germany for role in alleged abduction of Mongolian dissident from France in 2003 UK:World Economic Forum publishes Global Risk Report in London, published annually ahead of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in DavosUK:French Prime Minister Francois Fillon visits Britain (to Jan. 13). Spain:Civil servants in Murcia will hold a protest against wage cuts.Portugal:Portugal attempts to raise money on international bond markets. Expected to attempt to raise money on the international bond markets. The country is currently facing pressure to accept a multi-million euro bail-out from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Haiti:Anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital on January 12, 2010.US:American Enterprise Institute debates quantitative easing in Washington US:Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, will visit Washington US: Pakistani President Asif Zardari visits to attend memorial service for Richard Holbrooke, Washington's late envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan; also meets Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; unconfirmed reports suggest trip is 10 days long (Has he ever been to a memorial service for Pakistani civilians killed extrajudicially by US drones?) US:Representatives from the United States and Cuba are scheduled to hold a round of immigration talks in Havana.Argentina:Farmers’ unions are scheduled to meet with Agriculture Ministry representatives to discuss economic issues concerning wheat exports.
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