DIARY - Political and General News Events From Mar 1

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1130 GMT

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 ** WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Chinese Finance Minister Yang Jiechi. ** JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) conference in Jerusalem - 1830 GMT. ** WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin will meet Canadian Finance Minister Morneau - 1500 GMT. ** KIEV - Britain Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Poland Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowsk visit Ukraine.

KHARTOUM - African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina is on a visit to Sudan (Final Day).

WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo is on a three-day visit to Washington (Final Day).

KUWAIT CITY - Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will visit Kuwait (Final Day).

WASHINGTON - Indian Foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay an official four-day visit to United States (to Mar. 3).

BAMAKO - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar will pay an official visit to Mali (to Mar. 4).

BEIJING - Finland Foreign Minister Timo Soini is on a official visit to China (Final Day).

KUALA LUMPUR - Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is on a visit to Malaysia (Final Day).

LONDON - Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is on a official five-day visit to U.K. (Final Day).

PARIS - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh is on a three-day visit to France (to Mar. 2).

JERUSALEM - Zambian President Edgar Lungu is on a five-day visit to Israel (to Mar. 4).

TALLINN - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will hold news conference in Estonia - 0705 GMT.

RIGA - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visits Latvia - 1450 GMT.

VILNIUS - Germany Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visits Lithuania - 1600 GMT.

LONDON - Jordan King Abdullah II will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May.

ATHENS - Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - 1530 GMT.

VILSHOFEN - Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and German Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz will participate the "Political Ash Wednesday" - 0630 GMT.

BALI, Indonesia - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulazis Al Saud will visit Bali (to Mar. 9).

SYDNEY, Australia - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will visit Sydney (to Mar. 2).

JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Indonesia to strengthen bilateral ties (to Mar. 9).

HANOI - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Vietnam (to Mar. 5).

GENEVA - 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar. 24).

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THURSDAY, MARCH 2 ** MOSCOW - Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will visit Russia. ** TALLINN - Germany Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen visits Estonian military air force base and holds a news conference - 0900 GMT. ** RIGA - Germany Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen visits Latvia and meets with Latvian Defence Minister Raimonds Bergmanis and the Commander of National Armed Forces of Latvia Leonids Kalnins - 1720 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny meets with EU Council President Donald Tusk and EU Parliament President Antonio Tajani - 1030 GMT.

RIGA - Germany Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen visits Latvia - 1720 GMT

KYIV - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel is to pay a working visit to Ukraine (to Mar. 3).

CAIRO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

BERN, Switzerland - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Switzerland.

VIENNA - Austrian Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner speaks with journalists about progress on reforms which can make or break the fragile centrist government - 0900 GMT.

LJUBLJANA - European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker will visit Slovenia.

IRELAND - National Assembly Election.

VALLETTA - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (to Mar. 3).

UNITED KINGDOM - National Assembly Election.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 3

TUNIS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Tunis.

MELBOURNE, Australia - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will meet Australian Foreign Minister Julia Bishop.

ATHENS - French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

VALLETTA - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 4

NIUE - Niue Assembly Election.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 5

KINSHASA - Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar will pay an official visit to Congo (to Mar. 6).

BANGKOK - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Thailand.

MOSCOW – 64th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

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MONDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 7 ** JERUSALEM - Britain Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will pay an official three-day visit to Israel (to Mar. 9).

BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.

MICRONESIA - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit - 1300 GMT.

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9

MOSCOW - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Moscow (to Mar. 10).

BRUSSELS - Meeting of European Council (to Mar. 10).

GENEVA – 87th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 19).

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FRIDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET - 58th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 11

SENDAI, Japan – 5th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 12

TOKYO - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Japan (to Mar. 15).

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14

GRAZ, Austria - Special Olympics Canada 2017 Winter Games (to Mar. 25).

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

WASHINGTON - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will meet U.S. President Donald Trump (to Mar. 16).

NETHERLANDS - Second Chamber Elections.

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 6th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 28th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19).

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FRIDAY, MARCH 17

NEW YORK - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will visit New York (to Mar. 18).

PARIS - Prince William and his wife, Duchess Kate of Cambridge will pay an official two-day visit to France (to Feb. 18).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 19

EGYPT – 5th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

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MONDAY, MARCH 20

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 21

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24

SYDNEY, Australia - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to visit Australia.

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 25

ROME - 60th anniversary of the Rome treaties

ROME - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31).

DHUBAI - Dubai World Cup.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 26

BULGERIA - National Assembly Election.

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MONDAY, MARCH 27

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Mar. 28).

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SATURDAY, APRIL 1

IRAN - Independence Day.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 2

ECUADOR - Presidential Election.

ARMENIA - National Assembly Election. ** GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. ** BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 35th anniversary of start of Falklands war.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 4

TOKYO - King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia will visit Japan (to Apr. 7). ** GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 6

GAMBIA - National Assembly Election. ** AUGUSTA, United States - U.S. Masters Golf 2017 (to April 9).

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FRIDAY, APRIL 7 ** GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. ** SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to Apr 17).

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SATURDAY, APRIL 8 ** WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 7th anniversary of signing a new bilateral treaty between the Russia and United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). ** GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 9

SERBIA - Presidential Election.

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MONDAY, APRIL 10 ** SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 7th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 11 ** FRANCE – 6th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ** ABIDJAN – 6th Anniversary of arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with support from French forces thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 ** GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 15 BELFAST/NEW YORK – 105th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 16

TURKEY - Referendum Election. ** VATICAN CITY - 90th birthday of Pope Benedict.

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MONDAY, APRIL 17 ** BOSTON - 2017 Boston Marathon.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 20 ** UNITED STATES - 7th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill which flowed unabated until July 15.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 21 ** WASHINGTON - 2017 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (to Apr. 23). ** LONDON - Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 91th birthday. ** PARIS – 56th anniversary of the first manned mission to space.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 22 ** GLOBAL - Earth Day.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 23

FRANCE - Presidential Election. ** GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. ** LONDON – 2017 London Marathon.

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MONDAY, APRIL 24 ** GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2017 (to April 30).

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TUESDAY, APRIL 25 ** GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 28 ** PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 19th anniversary of Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 29 ** LONDON – 6th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

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