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DIARY - Political and General News Events From Mar 8

** JAKARTA - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will meet Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 ** DOHA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is on a visit to Qatar. ** LONDON - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci will speak at Chatham House on the impact of domestic terrorism on the country's consumer and investor confidence, rising national debt, inflationary pressures etc - 0800 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vadym Prystaiko will meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and will attend NATO Ukraine-Commission. ** BRAZILIA - Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles and lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia speak on the prospects for Brazil's economy thisyear and the passage of fiscal reforms through Congress, at the opening of a new Bloomberg bureau in Brasilia - 1300 GMT. ** NAIROBI - U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds a joint news conference with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. ** JAKARTA - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will meet Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo. ** JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak about Iran, Gaza, Israel-Palestinians and relations with the Trump adminstration. ** OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends Daughters of the Vote event in the House of Commons - 1700 GMT.

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

JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is on a visit to Indonesia to strengthen bilateral ties (to Mar. 12 ).

JAKARTA - South African President Jacob Zuma is on a visit to Indonesia (Final Day).

TBILSI - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is paying a two-day visit Georgia (Final Day).

LONDON - British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond presents his Spring Budget laying annual tax and spend plans, with a report on the state of the economy.

LJUBLJANA - Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic visits Slovenia.

WARSAW - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to visit Poland (to Mar. 9).

MANILA - Meeting of ASEAN Economic Ministers (to Mar. 10).

BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit - 1300 GMT.

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9 ** ALGIERS - Spanish Foreign minister Alfonso Dastis holds a news conference - 1100 GMT.

BERLIN - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble will meet U.S. Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin.

LONDON - The inaugural Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting will take place at Lancaster House (to Mar. 10).

LONDON - Brexit minister David Davis is scheduled to speak in the House of Commons.

MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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

HACKENSACK, United States - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is due to speak in Hackensack municipal court in regards to Bridgegate.

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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MONDAY, MARCH 13 ** SINGAPORE - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at a forum in Singapore.

JERUSALEM - Bosnia and Herzegovina President Mladen Ivanic will visit Israel (to Mar. 15).

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14

JERUSALEM - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano will visit Israel (to Mar. 15).

WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make an official visit to Washington.

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

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 ** BEIJING - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will pay a state visit to China (to Mar. 18). ** TOKYO - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Japan (to Mar. 17).

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

BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Brussels for EU Summit.

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 ** SEOUL - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Seoul (to Mar. 18).

BADEN-BADEN, Germany - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents meet in Baden-Baden.

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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SATURDAY, MARCH 18 ** BEIJING - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit China.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 19

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

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MONDAY, MARCH 20 ** TOKYO - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu will visit Tokyo.

SOFIA - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will meet with foreign journalists and will speak on sanctions on Russia, Bulgaria's position on enhanced NATO operations in the Black Sea - 1000 GMT.

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

VIENNA - Austrian Finance Minister Hans-Joerg Schelling and Bavarian Finance Minister Andreas Soeder to speak about banks and regulation - 1700 GMT.

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

MYANMAR - Assembly of the Union Elections.

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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