DIARY - Political and General News Events From Feb 1

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ** CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives speech at the National Press Club. ** ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino gives news conference on fund to tackle human trafficking from Africa - 0930 GMT.

BANGUI/KAMPALA/PORT LOUIS - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde is on a visit to Central African Republic, Uganda and Mauritius (Final Day).

ISLAMABAD - Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas is on a three-day visit to Pakistan (Final Day).

MOSCOW - Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed is on a official visit to Moscow (to Feb. 2).

BELGRADE - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and other officials (Final Day).

MADRID - Spain Economy and Industrial Minister Luis de Guindos to participate in Congress Economy Commission (Final Day) - 0800 GMT.

JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be opening a high-level conference on Africa's relationship with the Group of 20 - 0900 GMT.

BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici discusses taxation policy and harmonization in the European Union - 1430 GMT.

ABU DHABI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds joint news conference with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed and Arab league secretary general Ahmed Abu al Ghait.

SEOUL - U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will pay an official visit to South Korea (to Feb. 3).

BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici discusses taxation policy and harmonization in the European Union (EU) - 1430 GMT.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will meet Brunei Prime Minister Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and other officials.

NEW YORK - Men's New York Fashion Week 2017 (to Feb. 2).

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2016 (to Feb. 9).

LOME, Togo - World Day of the African Culture (to Jan 25).

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THRUSDAY, FEBRUARY 2

ANKARA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

BUDAPEST - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Hungary for talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

GLOBAL - World Wetlands Day.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

TOKYO - U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will pay an official visit to Japan (to Feb. 4).

VALLETTA - Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

CANBERRA - South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo will visit Australia (to Feb. 8).

GLOBAL - World Cancer Day.

CARACAS - 25th anniversary of deadly Caracas riots.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Liechtenstein - Parliamentary Election.

SAPPORO, Japan - 2017 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 11).

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ** BARCELONA - Spain Energy Minister Alvaro Nadal is scheduled to attend an event Funseam Simposium opening in Barcelona. ** MOSCOW - Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani will visit Russia.

BRUSSELS - Moldovan President Igor Dodon will pay an official visit to Brussels (to Feb. 7).

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

MOSCOW/BERLIN/HELSINKI - Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez and a group of businessmen will visit Russia, Germany and Finland (to Feb. 17).

BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.

GLOBAL - Safer Internet Day 2017 will be celebrated with a theme of 'Be the change: Unite for a better internet'.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ** WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks on "The Power of Transparency to Increase Economic Resilience" before an event hosted by the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters, in Washington - 0730 GMT. ** STOCKHOLM - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and Sweden Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson will attend a press conference - 1230 GMT.

ASIA - Nirvana day, Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death

GLOBAL - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 ** RIGA - German President Joachim Gauck will visit Latvia.

NEW YORK - Women's New York Fashion Week 2017 (to Feb. 17).

BERLIN - 67th Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 19).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet U.S President Donald Trump to discuss bilateral issues.

MOSCOW - Slovenian President Borut Pahor will visit Russia to develop political and economic ties between the two countries.

DAVAO, Philippines - ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

TEHRAN - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven will pay an official visit to Iran (to Feb. 12).

ERZURUM, Turkey - 2017 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (to Feb. 18).

VENICE, Italy - Venice Carnival 2017 (to Feb. 28).

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Turkmenistan - Presidential Election.

LONDON - EE British Academy Film Awards will take place at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.

LOS ANGELES - 59th Annual Grammy Awards

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13

NEW YORK - 141th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (to Feb 14).

BEIRUT - 9th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah.

GLOBAL - World Radio Day.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

GLOBAL - St. Valentine's Day.

BEIRUT - 12th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15

WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Donald Trump for bilateral talks.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16

BONN, Germany - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will visit Germany (to Feb. 19).

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17

PRISTINA - 9th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.

LONDON - London Fashion Week Winter 2017 (to Feb. 21).

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SUNDAY, FEBUARY 19

Ecuador - Presidential and National Congress Election.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - 2017 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony.

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MONDAY, FEBUARY 20

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting to be held in Brussels.

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TUESDAY, FEBUARY 21

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

BERLIN - European Police Congress (To Feb. 22).

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

LONDON - The BRIT Awards 2017

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

NHA TRANG, Vietnam - APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (to Feb. 24).

VIENNA - VIENNA Opera Ball 2017

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Carnival 2017.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

LOS ANGLES - Oscars Ceremony/ 89th Academy Awards.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

GENEVA - 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (to Mar. 24).

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

HANOI - Japanese Emperor Akihito will visit Vietnam (to Mar. 5).

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras 2017

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1

JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit Indonesia to strengthen bilateral ties (to Mar. 9).

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THURSDAY, MARCH 2

VALLETTA - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (to Mar. 3).

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FRIDAY, MARCH 3

VALLETTA - Meeting of EU heads of state or government.

GLOBAL - International Day for Ear and Hearing.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 4

NIUE - Niue Assembly Election.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 5

MOSCOW - 64th Death anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

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MONDAY, MARCH 6

BRUSSELS - Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 7

BRUSSELS - Meeting of General Affairs Council.

MICRONESIA - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Election.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

BRUSSELS - Tripartite Social Summit.

GLOBAL - International Women's Day.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9

BRUSSELS - Meeting of European Council (to Mar. 10).

GENEVA - 87th Geneva International Motor Show (to Mar. 19).

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FRIDAY, MARCH 10

TIBET - 58th anniversary of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile after a failed uprising.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 11

SENDAI, Japan - 5th anniversary of Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14

GRAZ, Austria - Special Olympics Canada 2017 Winter Games (to Mar. 25).

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

GLOBAL - World Day of Action against Seal Hunting.

DAMASCUS - Syria marks the 6th anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16

HALABJA, Iraq - 28th anniversary of 5000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attack.

DUBLIN, Ireland - St. Patrick's Festival (to Mar. 19).

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SUNDAY, MARCH 19

EGYPT - 5th anniversary of Egyptian referendum on constitutional reforms.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22

GLOBAL - World Water Day.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 23

GLOBAL - World Meteorological Day.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24

GLOBAL - World Tuberculosis Day.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 25

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - 45th Session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(to Mar. 31).

DHUBAI - Dubai World Cup.

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