News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan. 7

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 7 
    
    • BANGKOK – Thailand Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak speaks at a business seminar on 'Thailand's economic challenge', hosted by Krung Thai Bank - 0630 GMT.
    • NEW DELHI - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono will meet his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India - 1330 GMT.

    BEIJING - A United States delegation headed by Jeffrey Gerrish, the US deputy trade representative, will visit China to participate in vice-ministerial level trade talks (to Jan. 8)

    NEW DELHI - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on a three-day visit to India (to Jan. 9) LONDON - Costa Book Category Awards winners to be announced. PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People's Party celebrates the 40th anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime.

    PALM SPRINGS, Ca - 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (to Jan. 14).

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 
    

    SINGAPORE - Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah and Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to meet over Pasir Gudang Restricted Area in Singapore.

    BRUSSELS - EU Ministers of EU Affairs meet for General Affairs Council.

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 
    

    • THE HAGUE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte during a visit to the Netherlands.

    LJUBLJANA - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades starts a two-day visit to Slovenia (to Jan.10)

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 
    

    • BREST, France - French-Japanese foreign and defence ministerial meeting in the western city of Brest, France.
    • BUCHAREST - European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau will visit Romania (to Jan. 11)

    DAMASCUS - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz will visit his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 
    
    • VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache hold a news conference in Vienna - 1000 GMT.

    BAGHDAD - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Iraq's Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – Eighth Anniversary of U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 
    

    HAITI - 9th anniversary of Haiti's magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital.

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 
    

    • BEIGING - Finnish President Sauli Niinistoe will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Jan. 16).

    MONDAY, JANUARY 14 ABU DHABI - International Water Summit 2019 (to Jan. 17).

    ABU DHABI - World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2019 (to Jan. 17).

    TUNISIA – 8th Anniversary of ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 
    
    • SINGAPORE - Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani speaks at a Financial Times event in Singapore on infrastructure finance.

    OSLO - Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen delivers speech on the "state of the nation" at a breakfast seminar - 0800 GMT.

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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 
    

    BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Serbia and meets Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to discuss resolution of the Kosovo crisis, economic cooperation and regional issues.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 
    

    JERUSALEM - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko will visit Israel. BRUSSELS - European Motor Show Brussels 2019 (to Jan. 27).

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    SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 
    

    • BERLIN - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make an official visit to Germany (to Jan. 22).
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    MONDAY, JANUARY 21 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers meet in Brussels.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meet in Brussels.

    MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    BUCHAREST - European Affairs Ministers meet in Romania (to Jan. 23).

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 
    

    FRANKFURT - Handelsblatt Annual German Energy Conference, speakers include Vattenfall CEO Magnus Hall, EnBW CEO Frank Mastiaux, Germany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (to Jan. 24) DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2014 Annual Meeting (to Jan 25).

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 
    

    PANAMA CITY, Florida - Pope Francis celebrates his third World Youth Day in Panama (to Jan. 27)

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    FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 
    

    EGYPT – Eighth Anniversary of beginning of Egyptian revolution, which marked a series of mass popular protests leading to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 
    

    NEW DELHI - India celebrates its Republic Day with a grand parade exhibiting its military might and national culture with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief guest - 0230 GMT

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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 
    

    SOFIA - Bulgaria will host an economic forum on its bid to join the euro zone. EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov to attend. LONDON - Costa Book of the Year will be announced.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 
    

    ABU DHABI - Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to attend an interfaith meeting - 0800 GMT.

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro Zone finance ministers meet in Brussels.

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