Today: EU-US summit in London. President of Surinam in China. EU Internal Market Council meets in Brussels. IMF delegation arrives in Moscow. Electricity workers in Russian Far East strike. Rally organised by National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People in Baltimore. Belgian PM visits Morocco. Polish president visits Finland. Brazilian president in Spain.
Tomorrow: EU Ecofin Council meets. EU Telecoms Council meets. European Parliament committees on agriculture and fisheries meet. Cook expected in Turkey. Trial of Benedetto Ceraulo, accused of shooting fashion designer Maurizio Gucci resumes in Milan. Iranian parliament meets. ASEAN senior officials meeting in Manila. President of World Bank visits Russia. US Federal Reserve board meets in Washington. Foreign ministers from Non-Aligned Movement countries meet in Cartagena, Colombia.
Wednesday: South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions holds rally. NATO-Russia permanent joint council meets. Brazilian president in Portugal.
Thursday: New York cab drivers' demonstration. Meeting between Greek and Albanian deputy defence ministers in Tirana. Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus holds national conference. Japanese foreign minister in Moscow. South Korean foreign minister visits Japan.
Friday: Indian government convenes all-party meeting to discuss electoral reform. Benazir Bhutto appears before Lahore high court on corruption charges. Spring conference of North Atlantic Assembly.
Saturday: UNESCO conference on children's rights in Paris. Kenyan MPs drawn from ruling party and opposition hold rally calling for dismissal of police chief. General election in Lesotho. Gore and Mbeki meet in South Africa. Japanese emperor and empress begin tour of Europe, beginning in Portugal.
Sunday: Malaysian PM launches third "Fund for Malaysia". Two former Rwandan government soldiers go on trial before war crimes tribunal. Second round of parliamentary elections in Hungary. Legislative election in Senegal. Election in Hong Kong 60-seat Legislative Council. Municipal and community elections in Lebanon. Israeli military veterans hold mass rally and march in Jerusalem. Byelections in French Polynesia. Second round of presidential election in Austria.
Ireland
Wednesday: Institute of European Affairs round-table discussion on "Estonia and the EU" with Tunne Kelam, deputy speaker of the Estonian parliament, at 9.30 a.m. (Fax: 018786880)
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.