Today: Albright visits Middle East. SA Development Community Council summit begins in Malawi. French court decides whether National Front mayor should be disqualified from office. European scientific experts meet to discuss EU meat safety rules. French Foreign Minister in Moscow. Romanian President in China. Bundestag meets after summer recess. Zapatistas and supporters begin march to Mexico city. NATO Partnership for Peace exercises begin in Latvia. Iran holds military exercises in the northern Gulf. Conference on carbon-dioxide begins in Australia. Swedish Social Democratic party hold a conference on EMU.
Tomorrow: SA National Party elects leader. Chief executive of Hong Kong in US. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia starts Asian tour in China. OECD hosts conference in Paris. Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change holds annual meeting. UN hosts conference on standardisation of geographical names. North Korea celebrates national day.
Wednesday: OAU hosts Comoros talks. EU Environment Commissioner visits Russia. Germany's Economics Minister releases second-quarter figures.
Thursday: Algerian Socialist Forces Front hold march against terrorism. Russia-NATO council meets. International Institute for Strategic Studies annual meeting in Singapore.
Friday: Chinese CP begins 15th national congress. Prime ministers from Central European Free Trade Agreement member countries meet in Slovenia. Italian government sponsors natural disasters conference in Rome. EU Ecofin council meets informally.
Saturday: Thrice postponed municipal elections take place in Bosnia. Talks between Morocco and Polisaro Front resume in US. Polish PM visits Lithuania.
SUNDAY: Northern League declares independence from Rome. Joint Jordanian-Syria water committee meets in Amman. Native Australian Aboriginals begin "dreaming" congress at Sydney Opera House. Air France ends service to Tehran. Preparatory meetings for South Pacific Forum summit begin.
Ireland
Today: Trocaire public meeting in the Mansion House - "Kenya: avoiding another Somalia" - with Maina Kiai of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, at 8 p.m.
Wednesday: Celebration (with a Mariachi band) of the 150th anniversary of the San Patricio Battalion at Aras an Uachtarain hosted by President Robinson.
Thursday: Showing of San Patricio documentary on RTE.
Friday: San Patricio stamps issued in Ireland and Mexico.
Irish events should be received by David Shanks on the Friday before publication.