The World This Week

Today: Presidents of Ecuador and Peru meet. Funeral of Russian composer Alfred Schnittke in Moscow

Today: Presidents of Ecuador and Peru meet. Funeral of Russian composer Alfred Schnittke in Moscow. Russian deputy foreign minister visits Montenegro. Rwandan official Andre Nsanzabera accused of genocide and crimes against humanity sentenced. Saudi-Yemeni demarcation committee meets in Jeddah. Referendum on Caribbean island of Nevis on leaving state of St Kitts and Nevis. Russian supreme court considers appeal by Nizhniy Novgorod mayoral candidate Andrei Klimentev against his six-year prison sentence.

Tomorrow: Lawyer Lanny Breuer appears before Kenneth Starr's Grand Jury in Washington. Jordan celebrates 46th anniversary of King Hussein's accession. Polish Parliament votes on final number of new provinces. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in South Africa.

Wednesday: Belarus Court hears case brought by State against opposition paper. Puerto Rican legislators decide on legitimacy of proposed referendum on greater independence from US. UK trade minister Brian Wilson visits Ho Chi Minh City. Microsoft chief Bill Gates delivers pre-trial deposition before Washington court.

Thursday: New crew blasts off for Mir space station. Fidel Castro celebrates his 72nd birthday. Yasser Arafat leaves South Africa. Panama publishes voter registration lists for September's referendum. Ban preventing Pakistani Attorney General from communicating with Swiss courts over corruption charges against Benazir Bhutto expires.

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Friday: Boris Yeltsin visits city of Nizhniy Novgorod. Working Russia movement holds "March for the USSR" in St Petersburg, Smolensk, Samara, Rostovna-Donu and Bryansk. New passports enter circulation in Bosniak-Croat Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Saturday: Romanies in Bosnia-Herzegovina demonstrates in Sarajevo. Mercosur technical group meets on sugar dispute in Montevideo. Reconstructed part of former Berlin Wall opened at ceremony in city. Azerbaijiani opposition leaders hold rally in Baku in protest at election laws. Kashmiri demonstrations expected outside Indian High Commission in London marking anniversary Independence Day. North Korea holds festival marking 53rd anniversary of "liberation of the fatherland" in truce village of Panmunjom. New crew docks with Mir. Riah Abu El-Assal enthroned as new Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem. New President of Paraguay sworn. Official delegation from Cuba arrives in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sunday: Export ban in Indonesia comes into effect. National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance ends its 1998 convention at Los Angeles airport.