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MONDAY, MAY 21
KUWAIT - Trial of Shi'ite Muslim Hamad al-Naqi charged with
defaming the Prophet Mohammad on Twitter as well as insulting
the rulers of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
TUESDAY, MAY 22
HERZLIYA, Israel - Fisher Institute for Air and Space
Strategic Studies to host Eighth National Security Conference.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
ABU DHABI - Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)- International Monetary
Fund (IMF) meeting on "Strengthening the Debt Capital Markets in
the Arab World" (to May 24).
RIYADH - Friends of Yemen meeting. Representatives from
Yemen and Saudi governments, Gulf Cooperation Council, G8 member
states, the UN, EU, Arab League, IMF and the World Bank to
attend.
BAGHDAD - Iran and six world powers to hold second round of
talks to try to halt a downward diplomatic spiral over Tehran's
nuclear programme and ease fears of a new Middle East war.
EGYPT - Presidential election (to May 24).
THURSDAY, MAY 24
EGYPT - Presidential election (SECOND DAY).
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
CAIRO - Verdict expected in trial of former Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of
protesters in the uprising that swept him from power.
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
WASHINGTON - 8th annual G8 & G20 Youth Summits (to June 9).
MONDAY, JUNE 4
ISTANBUL, Turkey - World Economic Forum on Europe, the
Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia 2012 (to June 6).
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
JERUSALEM - OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria to visit
Israel.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14
GAZA - Fifth anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip
from Fatah.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
EGYPT - Presidential run-off vote (to June 17).
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
EGYPT - Presidential run-off vote (SECOND DAY).
MONDAY, JUNE 18
LOS CABOS, Mexico - G20 Summit (to June 19).
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
EGYPT - Final results of Presidential election to be
announced.
MONDAY, JULY 9
TEHRAN - Anniversary of attack on Tehran University
dormitory in 1999.
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestinians marks 8th anniversary of a
World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in the West
Bank were illegal.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
LEBANON - Hezbollah marks sixth anniversary of its "divine
victory" -- the end of its war with Israel.
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