Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1000 GMT.
All times in GMT unless otherwise stated.
Items marked ** denote new or amended listings.
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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
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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
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23
HOLLYWOOD - 33rd Annual Razzie Awards.
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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/-
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25
ANKARA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey.
GENEVA - WTO General Council meeting (to Feb. 26).
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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
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
BRUSSELS - European Parliament Plenary Session (to Feb. 28).
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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.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 3
GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.
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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).
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TUESDAY, MARCH 5
BRUSSELS - (TBC) Eurogroup Meeting.
MOSCOW - 60th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef
Stalin.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 7
GENEVA - 83rd Geneva International Motor Show (to
March 17).
SAN FRANCISCO - 10th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film
Festival (to March 10).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8
MOSCOW - G20 Sherpas' Meeting (to March 9).
GLOBAL - International Women's Day.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 10
TIBET - 54th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the
Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.
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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.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
LOMBOK, Indonesia - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Finance Ministers Process Working Group I Meeting (to March 14).
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THURSDAY, MARCH 14
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to March 15).
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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).
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SATURDAY, MARCH 16
HALABJA, Iraq - 24th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds
being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 22
GLOBAL - World Water Day.
PARIS - Paris Book Fair (to March 25).
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SATURDAY, MARCH 23
GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day 2013.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 24
GLOBAL - World TB Day.
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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.
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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
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FRIDAY, MARCH 29
GLOBAL - Good Friday - Christian religious holiday.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 30
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - 5th BRICS Summit.
DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2013 Dubai World Cup.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31
LONDON - Annual Oxford-Cambridge University Boat
Race. Link: http://www.theboatrace.org/
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APRIL (UNDATED)
IRAQ - Provincial elections.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2
GLOBAL - World Autism Awareness Day.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina marks 31st anniversary of start of
Falklands war.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
AFRICA - African Cultural Renaissance Day.
INDIA - CRICKET - Sixth edition IPL 2013 (to May
26).
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4
GLOBAL - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance
in Mine Action.
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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).
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SATURDAY, APRIL 6
LIVERPOOL, UK - HORSE RACING - Grand National 2013.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 7
DOHA - Qatar to host donor conference (to April 8).
GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health
Day.
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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).
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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/-
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 3rd Anniversary of the
Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in
Poland.
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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.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 12
GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 14
TUNIS - World Social Forum 2013 (to April 17).
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MONDAY, APRIL 15
BELFAST/NEW YORK - 101st Anniversary of the sinking of the
Titanic.
BOSTON - 2013 Boston Marathon.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16
VATICAN CITY - 86th birthday of Pope Benedict.
WASHINGTON - 13th Annual World Vaccine Congress (to April
18).
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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).
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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).
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19
WASHINGTON - 2013 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group
and the International Monetary Fund (to April 21).
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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.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 21
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 87th birthday.
PARIS - 52nd anniversary of the first manned mission to
space.
LONDON - 2013 London Marathon.
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MONDAY, APRIL 22
GLOBAL - Earth Day.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 23
LIMA - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2013 (to April
25).
GLOBAL - U.N. World Book and Copyright Day.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2013 (to April 30).
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THURSDAY, APRIL 25
GLOBAL - World Malaria Day.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 28
LONDON - 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony.
PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania - 17th anniversary of Port Arthur
massacre in Tasmania.
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MONDAY, APRIL 29
LONDON - 2nd wedding anniversary of Prince William and
Catherine Middleton.
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