The World this Week

Today: Iraqi deputy PM visits Turkey. Arab League secretary general in Kuwait

Today: Iraqi deputy PM visits Turkey. Arab League secretary general in Kuwait. Bail hearing in Johannesburg for claimant to Albanian throne. Cyprus defence minister in Moscow. Cuban National Assembly holds extraordinary session. Israeli opposition Labour Party conference ahead of elections. Constitutional referendum in Venezuela. Italian PM visits Hungary. Hungarian president in Australia. Group of Eight counter terrorism experts meet in Berlin.

Tomorrow: Macedonian PM visits European Commission in Brussels. Trial of Russian environmental and military journalist Grigoriy Pasko on espionage charges resumes in Vladivostok. Schroder meets chiefs of large German companies. European Parliament's monetary sub-committee meets in Brussels. Parliamentary election in Greenland. Italian PM in Czech Republic. US energy secretary visits South Africa.

Wednesday: Cypriot foreign minister meets Albright in Washington. Conference of Nordic foreign ministers in Reykjavik. NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council meets in Brussels. IMF delegation arrives in Baghdad. Gore and Mbeki meet at US-South Africa commission.

Thursday: Indian and Pakistan foreign ministers meet in Delhi. Governing Council of European Central Bank meets in Frankfurt. Presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania meet. EU industry commissioner in Slovakia. Italy's metal workers hold four-hour strike. IMF mission expected in Moscow. EU-Russia summit begins in Moscow.

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Friday: Chirac meets Clinton in Washington. Main conservative opposition party in Portugal holds special congress.

Saturday: Indian and Pakistani PMs meet as trial run of cross border bus service between Delhi and Lahore begins. Australian PM in New Zealand. Parliamentary elections in Nigeria. Finance ministers and central bankers of G-7 nations meet in Bonn. Russian foreign minister visits Japan.

Sunday: Mercosur summit in Rio de Janeiro. Finnish PM meets Russian counterpart. New international crew expected to arrive on Mir space station. Cypriot commerce and tourism minister visits Egypt.

Tuesday: Chilean trade unionist, Vilma Alvarez Parada, speaks on life under Gen Pinochet at Socialist Party meeting in ATGWU hall, Dublin at 7.45 p.m.

Wednesday: President McAleese receives parliamentary delegation from Slovenia. Arnold Kohen, Humanitarian Project, Washington and spokesman for Bishop Belo of East Timor, addresses Oireachtas joint committee, 4 p.m.

Saturday: Economic conference - "How the Asian Crisis Affects East Timor" - at Liberty Hall, Dublin, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., organised by the East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign, including as speaker Dr Peter Carey, professor of south-east Asian studies at Trinity College, Oxford.

Irish events should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.