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Calendar of world events for November 2008

Posted : Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:06:14 GMT
By : DPA
Category : World
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Followingis a list of world events for November 2008:

1 - World Economic Forum Europe & Central Asia meeting concludes in Istanbul. 1 - Dalai Lama to begin four-day visit to Japan.

2 - New York City marathon.

2 - Summer time ends in US, Canada. Clocks set back one hour.

2 - ANC splinter party holds founding meeting in Bloemfontein.

3 - Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) meets in Paris.

3 - Energy group Statoil Hydro reports Q3 results, Oslo.

3 - Eurogroup meets in Brussels.

3 - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari leaving for Saudi Arabia.

3-4 - OECD-OSCE conference on investment in Central Asia, Berlin.

3-4 - Baltic Economic Forum and regional NATO conference, Riga.

3-4 - Russia's Unity Day national holiday.

4 - Ecofin meets in Brussels.

4 - US presidential election.

4 - Russian right-wing extremists plan anti-immigrant march in Moscow.

4 - BMW reports third-quarter results in Munich.

4-6 - Catholic-Muslim forum to be held in Vatican.

5 - SAS, operator of joint carrier Scandinavian Airlines, to report Q3 results, Stockholm.

5 - Rival Lebanese parties continue dialogue.

5 - Commerzbank reports third-quarter results in Frankfurt.

5 - Visegrad Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) plus Baltic countries meet in Warsaw.

5 - Russian President Medvedev gives his first national address.

6 - European Central Bank meeting.

6 - ECB rates council meeting.

6 - Deutsche Telekom reports third-quarter results in Bonn.

7 - US unemployment rate for October.

7 - EU extraordinary summit on the financial crisis, Brussels.

7 - German President Horst Koehler travels to Nigeria.

7-8 - China, UN-sponsored conference on technology to combat climate change, Beijing.

8 - New Zealand parliamentary elections.

8 - Thirtieth anniversary celebration of US TV series Dallas.

8-9 - G20 finance ministers meet in Sao Paolo, Brazil, ahead of November 15 finance emergency summit in Washington.

9 - 70th anniversary of Nazi pogrom against Jews (Kristallnacht).

9 - 19th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

9 - Spain's Juan Carlos starts six-day visit to Japan.

10- Allianz reports third-quarter results in Munich.

10- Czech Constitutional Court meets on whether EU reform treaty is constitutional.

10-11 - EU foreign ministers meet on defence and development in Brussels.

10-14 - Russia, Venezuela hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean.

11- Generali's German subsidiary AMB to issue third-quarter results.

12- African Development Bank forum on global financial crisis, Tunis.

12- Bailed-out German finance group Hypo Real Estate to issue third-quarter results.

12- Danish shipping and energy conglomerate AP Moller Maersk due to post Q3 results, Copenhagen.

13- Siemens to issue quarterly results in Munich.

14- European new car sales data issued.

14- EU-Russia summit in Nice.

14- Britain's Prince Charles turns 60.

14- NASA launch of Endeavour shuttle to International Space Station (0055 GMT).

14-18 - Annual NATO parliamentary conference in Valencia, Spain.

15- Summit of G20 leaders on world financial crisis in Washington DC.

16- Parliamentary elections in Guinea-Bissau.

17- Pakistani delegation to attend Friends of Pakistan group meeting in Abu Dhabi.

17-19 - Autumn meeting of the Congress of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

18- Mickey Mouse turns 80.

18- Georgian, Russian peace conference in Geneva.

18- Opec-style gas cartel talks held in Moscow, including Iran and Qatar.

20- Tenth anniversary of International Space Station and US- Russian cooperation in orbit.

20- Robert Zoellick of World Bank to address forum in Frankfurt with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

20- French Socialists elect new party leader to replace Francois Hollande.

21- Ecofin budget council meets in Brussels.

22-24 - APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in Lima, Peru.

24- Thai court reads verdict in case against accused Canadian paedophile Christopher Paul Neil.

25- Emmy awards for international television.

25- Greenland to stage referendum on self-rule.

25- Euro-African meeting on migration in Paris.

26- Global release of feature film Australia, directed by Baz Lurhmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

27-28 - IAEA Board of Governors meets in Vienna.

27-28 - EU justice and home affairs council meets in Brussels.

28-29 - Interfaith climate summit hosted by Swedish Archbishop Anders Wejryd, Uppsala, Sweden.

29-2/12 - OECD, UN review of Doha round of world trade talks, Doha.

30- Presidential election in Ivory Coast.

30- Romanian parliamentary elections.


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