Today: EU agriculture council meets in Brussels. European Parliament Fisheries committee meets. Demonstrations on Greek part of Cyprus marking anniversary of Turkish invasion of the island. Human Rights Group Charter-97 holds rally in Minsk's Independence Square. Commission bringing impeachment charges against Yeltsin meets for first time. US Deputy Secretary of State meets Indian PM's special envoy in Frankfurt. Benazir Bhutto appears at Lahore Court on corruption charges. World Trade Organisation-China talks resume in Geneva. IMF delegation meets members of Thai government. Iranian industry minister visits Italy.
Tomorrow: Eritrean president and Ethiopian PM take part in live television debate. Taiwanese president delivers "state of the nation" address. Liberal Democratic Party in Japan discusses disastrous election results. Moldovan president meets leader of breakaway Dnestr region. Former Norwegian PM Gro Harlem Brundtland begins term as WHO director-general.
Wednesday: Economic Community of West African States foreign and defence ministerial meeting in Gambia. Officials representing North and South Korea meet in Yanji City, China. European Commission meeting in Brussels. Mandela in Brazil. Iranian parliament votes on appointment of new interior minister. President of Azerbaijan speaks in London. NATO-Russia permanent joint council meets in Brussels. Spanish PM in Turkey. Russian foreign minister in China.
Thursday: Greek government to approve purchase of F16 fighter planes from US. President of Uruguay in US. New Hungarian PM Orban visits European Commission and NATO in Brussels. Senior Chinese negotiator visits Taiwan. Albright in Philippines.
Saturday: Mercosur summit in Ushuaia, Argentina. Turkish president visits selfproclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Sunday: General election in Cambodia. Japanese naval flotilla visits Russian naval base in Vladivostok. Parliamentary election in North Korea. - (Future Events News Service)
Ireland
Today: Brazilian ambassador pays farewell courtesy call on the President, who later receives Peter Nagle, Australian MP. Tuesday: Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs subcommittee hears Trocaire and Tibet Support Group presentations on human rights. Wednesday: Oireachtas committee hears presentation from Goal on Great Lakes region of Africa. Joe Jacob, Minister of State at the Department of Public Enterprise with responsibility for nuclear safety attends OSPAR meeting in Sintra, Portugal. President receives farewell call from the Portuguese ambassador. Friday: President receives farewell call from the German ambassador.
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.