Today: Rebel Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan appears in court in Turkey. EU General Affairs Council meets in Brussels. EU-Japan business forum meets in Vienna. Trial of former Indonesian president Suharto's son resumes in Jakarta. King Abdullah of Jordan begins visit to Algeria. Final day of election campaigning in South Africa. President of Sierra Leone visits China.
Tomorrow: Russian Constitutional Court considers appeal by Yeltsin against law ordering works of art captured during second World War remain in Russia. Francisco Flores inaugurated as new president of El Salvador. Microsoft anti-trust trial begins in Washington. Ministers from OAU meet in Algiers. Russian foreign minister in China. Turkish naval exercises begin in Marmara Sea, Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. ILO begins annual conference in Geneva. Austrian president visits Japan. UN FAO council meeting in Rome.
Wednesday: Parliamentary elections in South Africa. World Bank president James Wolfenson arrives in Armenia. Governing Council of European Central Bank meets in Frankfurt. King Abdullah of Jordan visits France. Council of Europe human rights meeting in Strasbourg. Burmese foreign minister begins three-day visit Japan. US commerce secretary visits Mexico.
Thursday: EU Council summit in Cologne. EU-US dispute over growth hormone treated beef arbitrated by WTO. British Airways resumes flights from London to Tripoli. Parliamentary election in Ontario. Delegation from North Korea visits China.
Friday: Pinochet's extradition hearing held in London. Commonwealth of Independent States heads expected to meet in Minsk. Goa Assembly elections take place. SATURDAY: Pope arrives on 14-day visit to Poland. World Environment Day.
Sunday: Local and mayoral elections in northern German town of Bremen. Fifth annual anti-death penalty march and rally in New York. Organisation of American Studies general assembly meets in Guatemala City.
Ireland
Today: Burma Action Ireland agm at 7.30 p.m. in the Loreto Hall, 77 St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Launch of Irish School of Ecumenics booklet, "The Ethics of Debt `Forgiveness': Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives on the Third World Debt Crisis".
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.