Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 0930 GMT and 1700 GMT. All times in GMT unless otherwise stated. Items marked ** denote new or amended listings. Media clients will also receive around 0700 GMT a daily REUTERS WORLD NEWS OUTLOOK which highlights key events for the coming week. For 2012 World Diary Please Click on - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JULY 2012 BERLIN/ PARIS/ BRUSSELS - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras expected to visit Germany, France and Belgium. JERUSALEM - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visits Israel and meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 12 PARIS - French President Francois Hollande meets Lebanese President Michel Suleiman (1800). ** PHNOM PENH - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. ** BRUSSELS - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta meets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. PHNOM PENH - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers sign protocol to the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-free zone. YALTA, Ukraine - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich. ** BANGKOK - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde will meet Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. ATHENS - EU Commissioner on Regional Policy Johannes Hahn to visit Greece (to July 13). LAGOS - African Women Economic Summit (AWES) (to July 14). BANGKOK - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda and Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul to give speech at an opening panel session on "Stability and Inclusive Growth" at Thailand ADB-IMF Conference "Towards a More Stable Global Economic System" (0315). ** HOUSTON, TX - U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis plans to announce a settlement with BP Plc's U.S. refining subsidiary over remaining safety violations found at the company's Texas City, Texas, refinery in 2009. BRUSSELS - Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb visits Belgium, to participate in bilateral negotiations with the Cypriot Presidency on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020.1` PARIS - OECD publishes Economic Survey of Turkey. VILNIUS - Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite holds annual news conference. ** KIEV - (DELAYED TO AUG. 16) Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeals her 2011 conviction for abuse of office in a 2009 gas deal she signed with Russia at Ukraine's High Specialised Court. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 13 ** SIEM REAP, Cambodia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the U.S.-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Forum on "Commitment to Connectivity"; and delivers the keynote address at the Lower Mekong Initiative Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Dialogue. ** ATHENS - EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn meets Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (0900) and Environment Minister Evangelos Livieratos (1030). ** NORFOLK, VA - U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event. ** PHNOM PENH - ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting and East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Final Day). ** HANOI - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba to visit Vietnam. ** WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The National Governors Association holds its 104th annual meeting (to July 15). ** BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court is due to hand down a series of rulings on whether government plans to change the constitution are legal. SILIVRI, Turkey - Turkish Court may rule on applications by former Chief of General Staff Ilker Basbug, as well as jailed lawmakers and journalists, seeking release from prison during trial on conspiracy charges against the government in the Ergenekon case. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 14 CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Egypt "to express the United States' support for Egypt's democratic transition and economic development" (to July 15). ** RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) plan rally. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan - Launch of Soyuz TMA-05M, which will carry three Expedition 32/33 crew members to the International Space Station. PARIS - Bastille Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 15 ** NAYPYIDAW - Myanmar Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi attends her first official discussion in parliament about education reform in Naypyitaw. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 16 JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Israel (to July 17) to discuss the Middle East peace effort amid tentative signs that Israeli and Palestinian leaders are open to resuming some form of dialogue after months of stalemate. WASHINGTON - IMF releases updated World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report. ** MOSCOW - UN envoy Kofi Annan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hold talks on Syrian settlement. PARIS - French lower house of parliament to discuss the revised 2012 budget bill (to July 18). ** ADDIS ABABA - 19th African Union Summit (Final Day). LILONGWE - Malawi will host the Assembly for Heads of State and Government of the African Union. BRUSSELS - EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting (to July 17). ALGIERS - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visits Algeria. KHABAROVSK, Russia - APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Environment. HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - The Third APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting (to July 19). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 17 ** NORTH CAROLINA - Second Primary Election. ANKARA - Turkey's Main opposition Republican People's Party holds convention (to July 18). BUDAPEST - IMF/EU delegation expected to visit Hungary to start talks on a financing backstop (to July 25). TOKYO - Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan to visit Japan (to July 21) with business delegation. ** MAKATI CITY, Philippines - New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully visits Philippines. GLOBAL - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, on July 17, 1998. ** BEIJING - Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO will release new report on Chinese investment in the United States and talk about bilateral commercial relationship. GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Pre-trial hearing in death penalty case against Guantanamo prisoner Abd al Rahim al Nashiri accused of spearheading the boat-bomb attack on the USS Cole, which killed 17 U.S. sailors off the coast of Yemen in 2000 (to July 20). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 NEW YORK - The 15-member U.N. council is due to vote on Syria. WASHINGTON - The Financial Services Committee to receive the semiannual "Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (1400). MOSCOW - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visits Russia. HARARE - Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti to present mid-year budget to parliament (1230). GLOBAL - Nelson Mandela International Day. JOHANNESBURG - 94th birthday of South African leader Nelson Mandela. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 19 ROYAL LYTHAM & ST. ANNES, England - GOLF - The Open Championship 2012 (British Open) (to July 22). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 20 BRUSSELS - (TBC) Eurogroup Meeting. CYPRUS - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974. YOSHINOBU LAUNCH COMPLEX, Japan - Launch of The H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori3" spacecraft which delivers cargo to the International Space Station. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 21 SINGAPORE - Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan visits Singapore (to July 24) with business delegation. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl - 1st anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 22 MALI - Parliamentary election (SECOND ROUND). OSLO - First Anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island where 77 people killed. WASHINGTON - XIX International Aids Conference (to July 27). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 23 BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting. NICOSIA - EU Informal meeting of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (to July 24). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 24 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs council Meeting. PARIS - French upper house of parliament to debate revised 2012 budget bill (to July 26). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 ** NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 2012 National Urban League Conference. GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting (to July 26). BAYREUTH, Germany - Annual Bayreuth festival (to Aug. 28). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JULY 26 BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) Budget Meeting. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 27 LONDON - Olympic Games (to Aug. 12). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JULY 28 NEW ORLEANS, LA - National Medical Association Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly (to Aug. 1). GLOBAL - World Hepatitis Day. GLOBAL - 98th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JULY 30 BOGOTA - The first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between Colombia and Costa Rica to be held and will be headed by Trade Ministers Sergio Diaz-Granados of Colombia and Anabel Gonzalez of Costa Rica. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 31 ** GEORGIA - Primary Election. SOFIA - Deadline expires for Bulgaria's energy ministry to pick a winner for a deepwater gas exploration works at a field off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan - Launch of ISS Progress 48, A Progress resupply spacecraft will deliver cargo to the International Space Station. AUGUST 2012 SOMALIA - Presidential Elections. LINDAU, Germany - (TBC) 5th Meeting of the Winners of the Sverige Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Economics Laureates and young economists from various countries will meet in Lindau (Germany) to exchange ideas, discuss the state of their discipline and build international networks. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 ANKARA - Turkey's Supreme Military Council meets (to Aug. 4). GLOBAL - World Breastfeeding Week (to Aug. 7). WARSAW - Poland marks 67th anniversary of its war-time Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation. CHINA - 85th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 CHICAGO - Lollapalooza festival (to Aug. 5). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (to August 29). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 6 HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Commemorations 67th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. SILIVRI, Turkey - Hearing scheduled in the trial of 365 defendants accused of involvement in the alleged Sledgehammer plot to overthrow the government. However, the case could be transferred to a new court before then. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Festival 2012 (to Sept. 2). Link http://www.eif.co.uk/- SOUTH CAROLINA - GOLF - 94th PGA Championship (to Aug. 12). BRISTOL, England - Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (to Aug. 12). VIENNA - OPEC to publish Monthly Oil Market Report. NAGASAKI, Japan - NAGASAKI Commemorations 67th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. GLOBAL - International Day of the World's Indigenous People. KIAWAH ISLAND, SC - 94th PGA Championships (to Aug. 12). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug. 27). Link: http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/- COWES, Isle of Wight - SAILING - Cowes Week (to Aug. 18). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 PUERTO RICO - Voters would be asked whether they want to change Puerto Rico's political status. If the majority votes "yes," a second ballot on Nov. 6 would ask them to choose among three nonterritorial options -- U.S. statehood, independence or sovereign free association. GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 13 THE HAGUE - International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crime against humanity during a four-month civil war that followed his refusal to stand down after losing a 2010 presidential election. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 FLORIDA - Presidential Primary election. PAKISTAN - 65th anniversary of Pakistan Independence from British rule. LEBANON - Hezbollah marks sixth anniversary of its "divine victory" -- the end of its war with Israel. PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - 2012 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships (to Aug. 19). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 JAPAN - 67th anniversary of country's surrender in World War Two. INDIA - 65th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule. LIECHTENSTEIN - 206th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 ** KIEV - (DELAYED FROM JULY 12) Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeals her 2011 conviction for abuse of office in a 2009 gas deal she signed with Russia at Ukraine's High Specialised Court. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 TRALEE, Ireland - Rose of Tralee International Festival (to Aug. 21). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 KABUL - Afghanistan celebrates Independence Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW - 21st anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 BALTIC WAY - 23rd 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. CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - Launch of Atlas V-401, Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Mission to understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 POLAND - Poland marks the 23rd anniversary of the creation of the first post-communist government in 1989. UKRAINE - 21st Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 PHNOM PENH - 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and Related Meetings, 14th ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC) Ministerial Meeting and 4th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers' Meeting (to Sept. 1). URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 LONDON - (TBC) London International Animation Festival (to Sept. 4). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 27 TAMP/FLORIDA - Republican convention (to Aug. 30). MELBOURNE - TENNIS - U.S. Open 2012 (to Sept. 9). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 NICOSIA - EU Informal Meeting of Ministers and State Secretaries for European Affairs (GAC) (to Aug. 30). TEHRAN - Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. LONDON, UK - Summer Paralympic Games (to Sept. 9). VENICE, Italy - 69th Venice Film Festival (to Sept. 8). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 ANGOLA - Parliamentary election. - - - - - - - - - - SEPTEMBER (UNDATED) WASHINGTON - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi visits United States. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - APEC summit. NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 8th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan school. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 NARA, Japan - 12th International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-12), organised by the American Nuclear Society and The Atomic Energy Society of Japan, co-sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (to Sept. 7). Link: http://www.icrs12.org/ - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 ** QUEBEC, Canada - General election. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 SVALBARD, Norway - Meeting of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Co-operation. AKUREYRI, Iceland - 10th Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (to Sept. 7). MUNICH, Germany - 40th Anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen which killed 11 Israelis. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 JEJU, South Korea - IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012 (to Sept. 15). INDIA/BANGALADESH - 1st anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 NICOSIA - EU Informal meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs (to Sept. 8). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 LONDON - (TBC) World Congress 2012 "The Human Factor in Risk" (to Sep. 9). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 NICOSIA - EU Informal meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries (to Sept. 11). TOKYO - 2012 September Grand Sumo Tournament (to Sept. 23). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 VIENNA - IAEA Board of Governors Meeting. STRASBOURG, France - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Sep. 13). GLOBAL - World Suicide Prevention Day. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TIANJIN, China - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2012 (to Sept. 13). USA - 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. VIENNA - OPEC to publish Monthly Oil Market Report. BERLIN - ILA 2012 Berlin Air Show (to Sep. 16). Link: http://www.ila-berlin.de/ila2012/home/index_e.cfm - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 NETHERLANDS - Parliamentary Election. LONDON - World Nuclear Association 37th Annual Symposium (to Sept. 14). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 MEXICO CITY - G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. NEW YORK - New York Fashion Week - Spring/Summer 2012 (to Sept. 19). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 NICOSIA - EU Informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) Meeting. BEIRUT - Pope Benedict visits Lebanon (to Sept. 16). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 NICOSIA - Eurogroup Meeting. GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA - 191st Anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR - 191st Anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA - 191st Anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS - 191st Anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA - 191st Anniversary of Independence. LOS ANGELES - 64th Primetime Emmy Award Ceremony. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 VIENNA - IAEA General Conference (to Sep. 21). ISTANBUL - Iraq Future Energy conference (to Sept. 20). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 UNITED NATIONS - 67th United Nations General Assembly starts. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 BRUSSELS - EU meeting of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (to July 24). VIENNA - 31st Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice (to Sept. 21). MILAN - Milan Fashion Week - Women's Spring / Summer 2013 Fashion Week (to Sept. 25). NAPLES, Italy - Roman Catholics in Naples crowd the city's cathedral to witness the annual miracle of Saint Gennaro, who died in the 4th century but whose dried blood is said to turn liquid on his feast day. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 GLOBAL - International Peace Day. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 MUNICH - Oktoberfest Beer Festival 2012 (to Oct. 7). - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 BELARUS - Parliamentary election. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs council Meeting. BRUSSELS - EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting (to Sept. 25). VIENNA - IAEA Board of Governors Meeting. DOHA - 25th Universal Postal Union Congress (UPU) (to Oct. 15). BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 39th anniversary of independence from Portugal. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 UNITED NATIONS - United Nations General Assembly debate (to Oct. 5). MEDINAH,IL - GOLF - 2012 Ryder Cup (to Sept. 30). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 GLOBAL - World Heart Day. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 GLOBAL - World Tourism Day. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 GLOBAL - World Rabies Day. SEOUL - South Korea marks the 62nd anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 GLOBAL - World Maritime Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 BERLIN - 39th BMW Berlin Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Content related query/feedback please Contact Diaries@thomsonreuters.com For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) link: https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx Screen clients can see a full list of Reuters Diaries by clicking on
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