Court pronounces sentence on Chan Yau-hei, man convicted of threatening on internet to bomb Beijing's Liaison Office
China:
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visits (-17)
India:
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao continues three-day trip at head of large business delegation; holds talks with counterpart Manmohan Singh today; Wen goes on to Pakistan tomorrow
India:
Reserve Bank of India holds mid-quarter policy review of interest rate policy.
Russia:
Annual phone-in with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, broadcast live on TV and radio; starts at 0900 gmt
Armenia:
National TV and Radio Commission announces winners of tender for 18 TV frequencies)
Iran:
Ashura, Shi'i day of mourning, marking martyrdom of Imam Husain
Iran:
Watching developments after up to 40 were reported killed yesterday in suicide attack in Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan Province
Turkey:
First hearing of "Sledgehammer" case, in which retired and active officers stand accused of plotting to topple government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2003
Turkey:
Istanbul hosts Council of Europe conference on prevention of terrorism (-17); Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay, President of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Mevlut Cavusoglu, Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland deliver opening speeches today
Iraq:
Around two million Shi'i pilgrims expected to visit Karbala to mark Ashura Day amid tight security
Lebanon:
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah makes Ashura speech
Israel:
Arab League said there would be no resumption of negotiations between Palestinians and Israel until US offered "a serious proposal" for ending Middle East conflict; watching for reaction, comment
Egypt:
Arab Foreign Ministers meet to discuss lack of progress in peace talks in Arab League.
Algeria:
African counterterrorism forum attended by representatives from Sahel countries
Sudan:
African Union's Peace and Security Council delegation visits ahead of 9 January referendum on South Sudan independence (-18)
Fourth and final day of Fifth International Conference on Federalism, Equality and Unity in Diversity for Development held in Addis Ababa
Kenya:
International Criminal Court prosecutor on Wednesday named three Kenyan cabinet ministers and a former police chief among six suspects behind the 2007-8 post-election violence that claimed 1,500 lives; watching for developments, reaction
Zimbabwe:
Second day of President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party annual conference in Mutare; agenda expected to include campaign strategy for 2011 general elections, power-sharing deal with Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) (-18)
South Africa:
Congress of the People, a party which broke away from ruling African National Congress, holds conference to elect leadership; second and final day
Ivory Coast:
Supporters of internationally recognized President-elect Alassane Ouattara plan marches today and tomorrow to seize control of state-owned media and seat of government, still held by officials loyal to defeated presidential candidate, Laurent Gbagbo, who is refusing to leave office
Greece:
Athens public transport employees hold a 24-hour strike against austerity measures (0900).
Switzerland:
Georgia, Russia hold another round of talks in Geneva following 2008 conflict over Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia, Abkhazia; Georgian National Security Council Secretary Giga Bokeria attends
Sweden:
Swedish intelligence service Saepo holds news conference on the weekend suicide bombing targeting Christmas shoppers
Germany:
European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) meeting.
Belgium:
EU Heads of State and Government Meeting (to Dec. 17).
EU:
EU heads of State and Government, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy begin two-day summit in Brussels
EU:
Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat begins two-day visit to Brussels to meet EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fuele, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso
France:
Report author Dick Marty gives news conference in Paris on Council of Europe report implicating Kosovo's prime minister Hashim Thaci in organ trafficking in the aftermath of the 1998-99 war
France:
French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde meets Hungarian counterpart Gyorgy Matolcsy (1400).
UK:
A British court to decide whether to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, on 200,000 pound ($317,000) bail over accusations of sex crimes in Sweden.
Brazil:
Mercosur (Common Market of the South) summit held in Foz de Iguacu, western Brazil; Mercosur includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (-17)
US:
Moroccan officials, representatives from Western Sahara's independence movement Polisario Front begin three days of talks in New York
US:
President Barack Obama makes announcement on review of US strategy in Afghanistan; watching global reaction
US:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission to unveil its long-awaited revised plan to limit speculative positions held by commodities traders.
US:
A Florida judge expected to hear arguments on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to block President Barack Obama's overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system.
US:
President Barack Obama hosts a conference of American Indian leaders.
US:
House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Espionage Act and the legal and constitutional questions raised by WikiLeaks.
Belize:
Central American summit; agenda expected to include border controversy between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
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