The World This Week

Today: Presidential election in Philippines. EU Agriculture Council meets in Brussels. European Parliament opens session

Today: Presidential election in Philippines. EU Agriculture Council meets in Brussels. European Parliament opens session. Trial of Milan Kovacevic at The Hague.

Tomorrow: UN Security Council committee on sanctions against Iraq meets in New York. European Parliament debates ban on tobacco advertising. Spanish parliament begins "State of the Nation" debate. WEU summit in Rhodes. Mrs Clinton visits France.

Wednesday: European Parliament debates appointments to European Central Bank and Common Foreign and Security Policy. Clinton arrives in Germany.

Thursday: Palestinian Unified Co-ordination Council for Confronting Settlement Activity holds national conference in Ramallah. MEPs debate institutional reform. EU-Canada summit in London.

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Friday: G8 summit opens in Birmingham. Iran and Iraq resume the exchange of prisoners captured during 1980-88 war. MEPs debate credit card fraud and antibiotics in animal feed. International Day of the Family.

Saturday: Parliamentary el ection in Dominican Republic. International Whaling Commission annual meeting in Oman. Aleksandr Lebed leading contender in second round of gubernatorial election in Krasnoyarsk.

Sunday: Parliamentary elections in Madagascar. Norway marks signing of constitution in 1814. New York City's annual Veterans' Association Parade. Netanyahu takes part in "Salute to Israel" parade in New York. Second round run-off elections in Russian republic of Karelia. Congress of governing Christian Democratic Union in Bremen, Germany.