Southern Sudanese national registration for referendum ends, after one week extension. About 8,000 people are thought to have registered. Registration also ends in the other 7 countries outside of Sudan.
Japan:
Bolivian President Evo Morales wraps up visit
South Korea:
Large-scale artillery firing drills held in seas around Korean peninsula to beef up defence readiness against potential attack by North Korea. General Han Min-koo, chairman of the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), will meet his US counterpart Adm. Mike Mullen in Seoul to assess “North Korean provocations”
China:
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmad Karti begins visit (-10); meets counterpart Yang Jiechi
Indonesia:
South Korea President Lee Myung-bak heads to Bali, meets President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, participates in Bali Democracy Forum (9); then travels to Malaysia to meet Prime Minister Najib Razak, sign treaty on judicial cooperation and fighting crime
India:
Watching developments as security tightened across country following last night's bomb attack in Varanasi that killed one and injured many others; attack came on 18th anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid mosque; responsibility has been claimed by banned Indian Mujahideen
India:
Head of Russian Armed Forces staff Gen Nikolay Makarov visits New Delhi and Agra (-9); meets Chief of Air Staff Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, Adm Nirmal Kumar Verma, chief of Indian Navy, and Chief of Army Staff Gen Vijay Kumar Singh; will discuss developing military cooperation and joint exercises Indira-2011
Indonesia:
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara will visit Indonesia, Malaysia and then Tunisia and Algeria to attend economic forum and energy talks.
Russia:
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon visits
Russia:
A meeting of the Russian, Afghan, Pakistani and Tajik heads of drug control will be held in Moscow.
Pakistan:
Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry appointed as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, at the behest of the PM.
Uzbekistan:
Justice Ministry holds multiple conferences to help “improve the legal knowledge of the younger generation” in Xorazm, Qashqadaryo and Tashkent regions
Turkey:
Last day of visit by Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani; in Istanbul, meets Turkish business community at luncheon hosted by Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) of Turkey; receives honorary degree in journalism from Marmara University (Pakistan Ministry of Information)
Yemen:
Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defence Rashad al-Alimi questioned in parliament over secret memos released by WikiLeaks on strikes against Al-Qa'idah in Yemen
Israel:
Following as Washington suspends its demand that Israel freeze Jewish settlement building before Middle East peace talks resume
Sudan:
Following up after US State Department said voting on an independence referendum for the oil-rich Sudanese region of Abyei will not take place on Jan. 9 as originally scheduled
Tunisia:
Start of 34th conference of top Arab police and security officials; opened by Interior and Local Development Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem; fight against terrorism, human trafficking on agenda
Addis Ababa hosts UN-sponsored International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA); over 10,000 delegates from around world to participate
Kenya:
High Court in Nairobi to be urged to issue a provisional arrest warrant against Sudanese president, Umar Al-Bashir.
South Africa:
The South African Reserve Bank will hold its annual general meeting.
DR Congo:
Former Prime Minister Etienne Tshisekedi – the so-called “Mandela of the Congo” - expected to return to the country after three-year absence.
Central African Republic:
Despite the electoral commission setting the deadline for submissions for presidential election on 8 November, the Collective of the Forces of Change have insisted that registration ends on Wednesday in a move that has proved controversial.
Ivory Coast:
Watching developments as stand-off over who has won presidential election continues: UN Security Council has failed to agree on statement backing Alassane Ouattara due to block by Russia who expresses concern about interfering in domestic matters
Estonia:
Third and final reading in parliament of Estonia's state budget for 2011.
Czech Republic:
Strike of public sector workers to protest against government's austerity measures
Czech Republic:
Prime Minister Petr Necas authorises country’s energy system to be connected to Poland’s with construction to be finished within the year – it will be the first gas system linking Warsaw to the transmission system of southern Europe
Kosovo:
Looking ahead as campaigning for 12 December snap parliamentary election continues (-10)
Switzerland:
UN-organized conference on financial crisis, world governance held in Geneva; head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy gives lecture
Germany:
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany:
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on last day of visit; meets Chancellor Angela Merkel; news conference (1115 gmt)
Holland:
International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to confirm charges against Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain, Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus – the Darfur rebel leaders accused of war crimes
Belgium:
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev meets King Albert II, Prime Minister Yves Leterme
Belgium:
A "road map" of cooperation on missile defence will be adopted at the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council at the level of ambassadors
Belgium:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme and King Albert II.
US:
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski visits; Belarus political situation on agenda.
Uruguay:
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro is scheduled to testify before the legislative foreign affairs committee about leaked U.S. State Department cables released by WikiLeaks concerning Uruguay.
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