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DIARY-Political and General News Events from Aug 7

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U.S. Federal Reserve

Polling unit diary

Today in Washington

Top economic events

----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. -----------------------------------------------------------

MONDAY, AUGUST 7 TOKYO - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Japan (to August 9). MANILA / BANGKOK / KUALA LUMPUR - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia (to August 9).

BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival 2017 (to August 28). GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (Final Day). MANILA - 50th ASEAN ministerial meeting (AMM) and post-ministerial conferences, 18th ASEAN Plus Three foreign ministers meeting (18th APT FMM), 7th East Asia Summit foreign ministers meeting (7th EAS FMM), 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) (to August 8). MANILA - Foreign ministers of ASEAN join counterparts from Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand, India and Australia in Manila for regional meet.(to August 8). EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 (to August 28). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 JAKARTA/BANGKOK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Indonesia and Thailand (to August 10). NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 72nd Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 GLOBAL - International Youth Day. EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to August 28). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 BOGOTA - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence kicks off a two-day official visit to Colombia (to August 14). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 14 PAKISTAN - 70th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 11th anniversary of its "divine victory" - - the end of its war with Israel. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 JAPAN – 72nd anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA – 70th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 211th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 TRALEE, Ireland - 2017 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to August 22). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 25th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 21 SYRIA – 4th anniversary of nerve gas attack which killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 BALTIC WAY – 28th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 POLAND - Poland marks the 28th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. UKRAINE – 26th Anniversary of Independence. WASHINGTON – 205th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam - ASEAN 4th Working Committee on Financial Inclusion (WC-FINC) meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 VENICE, Italy – 74th Venice International Film Festival (to September 9). - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 MANILA - 49th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting and related meetings (to September 10). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 TALLINN, Estonia - EU informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich) (to September 8). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 TALLINN, Estonia - European Union Foreign Ministers meet in Estonia. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TALLINN, Estonia - EU informal meeting of ministers for development - 0700 GMT. NORWAY - Parliament election - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 STRASBOURG, France - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his State of the Union address at the European Parliament – 0700 GMT. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 TALLINN, Estonia - EU informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers meeting (to September 16). – 0700 GMT. TALLINN, Estonia - Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 MACAU - Legislative election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 TALLINN, Estonia, - EU Informal meeting of energy and transport ministers (to September 21). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 NEW ZEALAND - House of Representatives election - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 GERMANY - Election For Bundestag (German Federal Diet). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. MANILA - 35th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) Mission (to September 29).

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