What's Happening Today - Wednesday 1 February

India: 

Afghan President Hamed Karzai arrives for visit (-3); to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, counterpart Pratibha Patil; Indian External Affairs Ministry says the visits will "contribute to strengthening Indo-Afghan strategic partnership" in region 

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)

Afghanistan: 

Lower house of parliament (Wolasi Jerga) meets to elect speaker

Afghanistan: 

Lower house of parliament (Wolasi Jerga) meets to elect speaker 

Kyrgyzstan: 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits for talks on trade, investment; second and final day 

Kyrgyzstan: 

Armed forces continue command-and-staff anti-terror exercises (- 12) 

Kazakhstan:

Joint session of two chambers of parliament; likely to approve President Nursultan Nazarbayev's proposals to hold early presidential election; Constitutional Court earlier rejected proposal to extend Nazarbayev's rule until 2020 

Russia:

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis continues visit (-3), meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; they give joint news conference today 

Iran: 

Ten Days of Dawn events continue leading up to 32nd anniversary of victory of Islamic Revolution (11); new military hardware, satellites expected to be showcased

Turkey: 

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan begins two-day visit for talks with counterpart Abdullah Gul; agenda expected to be dominated by economic issues 

Iraq:

Overseas Security Advisory Council holds meeting

Qatar: 

International conference on "defending Jerusalem" held in Doha (-3); attendees include Mahmud Abbas, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Musa; Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

Qatar: 

Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk visits accompanied by Finance Minister Franc Krizanic and Transport Minister Patrick Vlacic; meets Emir Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani for talks on economic ties; second and final day 

Yemen: 

Parliament session called by President Ali Abdallah Salih ahead of Day of Rage opposition rallies tomorrow 

Jordan: 

Watching developments after King Abdallah dismissed government yesterday following large protests against poverty, unemployment 

Egypt: 

Watching developments after President Husni Mubarak said yesterday he will not stand for another term in September, as hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in central Cairo 

Kenya: 

High court gives verdict on bail application by two Muslim clerics Aboud Rogo and Abubakar Sharif Abubakar; they are charged with membership of organized criminal group and have been in custody since 22 December 2010

Greece:

Australian foreign minister visits Greece; due to meet the Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, at 09:00 GMT and the foreign minister, Dimitris Droutsas, at 17:30.

Poland:

International Donors' Conference held in Warsaw to discuss ways of providing "urgent support to those repressed and detained on political grounds" in Belarus 

Poland:

President of Ukraine visits Poland [both countries are hosting Euro-2012]

Poland:

Polish government hosts international conference on aiding and funding opposition in Belarus

Poland:

Tentative - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Poland for the Weimar Triangle Summit.

Switzerland:

WTO trade negotiations committee meets in Geneva

Germany:

German cabinet meets in Berlin to discuss plans to simplify the tax regime 

Luxembourg:

Georgian foreign minister visits Vaduz to meet senior political leaders for talks on recent developments in the Caucasus.

Belgium:

Foreign minister of Yemen visits EU in Brussels; due to meet the development commissioner, Andris Piebalgs 

France:

Bahrain's Crown Prince meets Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris

France:

Irish Europe minister visits France

The Irish Europe minister, Dick Roche, is scheduled to visit France.

UK:

 Iraq Inquiry holds hearings session with Jack Straw

UK:

UN secretary general gives speech in Oxford on “the elimination of war and the better understanding of the nations of the world".

Haiti: 

Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) publishes results of 28 November presidential, general elections 

Canada: 

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Shaykh Hasina visits (- 5) 

UN:

World Wetlands Day 

US:

Nasa holds news briefing on new findings from mission on planets outside the solar system

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