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DIARY - Political and General News Events From Feb 21

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1000 GMT. All times in GMT unless otherwise stated. Items marked ** denote new or amended listings. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 BRUSSELS - NATO Defence Ministers meeting (to Feb. 22) WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits United States (to Feb. 24). BARBADOS - General elections. ** BEIRUT - British Foreign Secretary William Hague on a two-day visit to Lebanon, will meet with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Syrian refugees. ** BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a state of the union address on the last EU summit. ** BUENOS AIRES - Argentine Senate expected to debate and vote on controversial memo of understanding between Argentina and Iran to shed light on 1994 bombing of Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA). ** WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. ** HAVANA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Cuba; holds talks with President Raul Castro. ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. ABU DHABI - Two-yearly IDEX Abu Dhabi Defence Exhibition and Conference from Feb 17-21 organised by the Abu Dhabi government, where defence manufacuturers from all over the world come to show off their weaponry and equipment. ISTANBUL - D-8 Water Cooperation Meeting (to Feb. 23). SEOUL - SPOEX (Seoul International Sports & Leisure Exhibition) 2013 (to Feb. 24). Link: http://www.spoex.com/english/index.asp HARARE - Long serving President Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980 turns 89 - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 BRUSSELS - NATO Defence Ministers meeting (FINAL DAY) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe BERLIN - German president Joachim Gauck is to give speech on Europe RIGA - Austrian central bank governor Edwald Nowotny and Estonian Prime minister Andrus Ansip are expected to attend the conference, "Experience and preparations for the introduction of euro conference. BUDAPEST - Prime Minister Viktor Orban to hold annual state of the nation speech - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 HOLLYWOOD - 33rd Annual Razzie Awards. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 ITALY - Parliamentary elections (to Feb. 25). CYPRUS - Presidential run-off election. TALLINN - Independence Day. HOLLYWOOD - 85th annual Academy Awards (Oscars). Link: http://www.oscars.org/- - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ANKARA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey. GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting (to Feb. 26). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 CHICAGO, IL - Primary election to fill the U.S. congressional seat. ASTANA - World powers to hold a new round of talks with Iran over Tehran's nuclear work. WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver two days of congressional testimony on monetary policy and on the economy(to Feb. 27). JAKARTA - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting (to Feb. 27). GEELONG, Australia - Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition 2013 (to March 3). Link: http://www.airshow.com.au/airshow2013/trade-exhibition/trade-visitors/program.html - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Feb. 28). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 RIGA - The Prime Ministers from the five Nordic states, three Baltic states, and the British Prime Minister David Cameron to meet for the annual regional "Northern Future Forum". DUBLIN - Europe 2020 Conference. BRUSSELS - European Competition Forum 2013. PARIS - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Forum on Competition (to March 1). VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict to leave office. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 3 GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 4 KENYA - Presidential and Parliamentary elections. PARIS - International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Safe Technologies and Sustainable Scenarios (FR13) (to March 7). VIENNA - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting (to March 8). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 5 BRUSSELS - (TBC) Eurogroup Meeting. MOSCOW - 60th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 7 GENEVA - 83rd Geneva International Motor Show (to March 17). SAN FRANCISCO - 10th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival (to March 10). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 8 MOSCOW - G20 Sherpas' Meeting (to March 9). GLOBAL - International Women's Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 10 TIBET - 54th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 11 BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to March 14). STOCKHOLM - Turkish President Abdullah Gul to visit Sweden (to March 13). SENDAI, Japan - 2nd anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 LOMBOK, Indonesia - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers Process Working Group I Meeting (to March 14). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 15). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 15 GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting. DAMASCUS - Syria marks the Second anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. BEIJING - FINA/MIDEA Diving World Series 2013 (to March 17). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 16 HALABJA, Iraq - 24th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 17 IRELAND - St. Patrick's Day. SHANGHAI - 16th Shanghai International Film Festival (to April 2). Link: http://www.german-films.de/festivalguides/festival-calendar/?mode=calendar - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 18 LOS ANGELES - Actress Lindsay Lohan will stand trial on charges she lied to California police about a June car crash and violated probation. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 19 NAIROBI - 122nd Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). HONG KONG - Asian Aerospace 2013 (to March 21). EGYPT - 2nd anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constiutional reforms. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 MIAMI, FL - Miami Beach International Fashion Week (to March 24). JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK - U.S. President Barack Obama to visit Israel and Palestinain territories to restart long-stalled Israel-Palestinian peace efforts. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 22 GLOBAL - World Water Day. PARIS - Paris Book Fair (to March 25). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 23 GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day 2013. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 24 GLOBAL - World TB Day. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 26 SEOUL - (TBC) 2013 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging laws that define marriage as a union of a man and a woman. The court will review a California ban on gay marriage, which voters narrowly approved in 2008. KUALA LUMPUR - Aerospace Meeting Kuala Lumpur 2013 "The International Gathering for the Aerospace Industry of the Year" (to March 30). Link: http://www.bciaerospace.com/malaysia/ LONDON - Announcement of 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 ISTANBUL - First International Conference on Air&Space Power 2013. INDIA - Holi religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, by splashing each other with coloured powder and water colours. LONDON - (TBC) Amnesty International publishes 2012 global death penalty statistics. LANGKAWI, Malaysia - Aerospace & Maritime Meetings LIMA Malaysia 2013 (to March 28). Link: http://www.bciaerospace.com/malaysia/index.php - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 29 GLOBAL - Good Friday - Christian religious holiday. - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 30 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - 5th BRICS Summit. DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2013 Dubai World Cup. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 31 LONDON - Annual Oxford-Cambridge University Boat Race. Link: http://www.theboatrace.org/ - - - - - - - - - - APRIL (UNDATED) IRAQ - Provincial elections. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 2 GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day. BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 31st anniversary of start of Falklands war. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 AFRICA - African Cultural Renaissance Day. INDIA - CRICKET - Sixth edition IPL 2013 (to May 26). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 4 GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 5 WASHINGTON - 2013 Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) (to April 7). SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (to April 15). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 6 LIVERPOOL, UK - HORSE RACING - Grand National 2013. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 7 DOHA - Qatar to host donor conference (to April 8). GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 8 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW - 3rd 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). OTTAWA, Canada - International Conference on Effective Nuclear Regulatory Systems (to Apr. 12). AUGUSTA, Ga - U.S. Masters Golf 2013 (to April 14). OSLO - International Labour Organization's European regional meeting (to April 9). - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 9 CHICAGO, IL - Special election to fill the U.S. congressional seat. SINGAPORE - World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2013 (to April 11). HAMBURG - Aerospace Testing 2013 (April 11). Link: http://www.aerospacetesting.com/- - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 3rd Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland. - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 11 FRANCE - 2nd Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab. ABIDJAN - 2nd 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. - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 12 GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 TUNIS - World Social Forum 2013 (to April 17). - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 15 BELFAST/NEW YORK - 101st Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. BOSTON - 2013 Boston Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 16 VATICAN CITY - 86th birthday of Pope Benedict. WASHINGTON - 13th Annual World Vaccine Congress (to April 18). - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 BRUSSELS - European Economic and Social Committee plenary session (to April 18). WASHINGTON - G20 Seminar on International Financial Architecture Reforms. MAKASSAR, Indonesia - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers Process (FMP) Working Group II Meeting (to April 18). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 18 WASHINGTON - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Deputies Meeting. WASHINGTON - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting (to April 19). - - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 19 WASHINGTON - 2013 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (to April 21). - - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 20 SURABAYA, Indonesia - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (to April 21). UNITED STATES - 3rd anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill which flowed unabated until July 15. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 21 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 87th birthday. PARIS - 52nd anniversary of the first manned mission to space. LONDON - 2013 London Marathon. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 22 GLOBAL - Earth Day. - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 23 LIMA - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2013 (to April 25). GLOBAL - U.N. World Book and Copyright Day. - - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2013 (to April 30). - - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 25 GLOBAL - World Malaria Day. - - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 28 LONDON - 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony. PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 17th anniversary of Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania. - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 29 LONDON - 2nd wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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