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DIARY - Middle East to June 21
Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:00am EDT
All times are provisional and in GMT.
Other major diaries;WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28
BAGHDAD - Arab League Foreign Ministers meet ahead of March
29 summit of heads of states and governments summit.
KUWAIT CITY - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits
Kuwait.
TEHRAN - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected
to visit Iran.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29
BAGHDAD - Arab League heads of state and government hold
summit.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2012 Dubai World Cup. Details:MONDAY, APRIL 9
BAGHDAD - Followers of Shi'ite Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
to march to mark Saddam Hussein's fall.
MONDAY, APRIL 16
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on
International Monetary Affairs and Development) Committee of the
Whole.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four)
Ninety-ninth Meeting of the Deputies (1300).
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO - B20 & G20 conference on
Anti-Corruption (to April 19).
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four)
Eighty-seventh meeting of ministers and governors (2030).
DOHA - 8th Annual Aljazeera International Documentary Film
Festival (to April 22).
WASHINGTON - G20 Meeting of Deputy Ministers of Finance.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
DOHA - World Investment Forum 2012 (to April 23). Details:WASHINGTON - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting.
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
DOHA - Thirteenth Session of the UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD XIII) (to April 26).
MONDAY, MAY 7
SYRIA - Parliamentary elections.
SATURDAY, MAY 12
ABU DHABI - AFC Futsal Championship 2012 (to May 22).
TUESDAY, MAY 15
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Palestinians mark what Arabs call
"Nakba" (catastrophe), the day in 1948 when Israel declared
statehood after which some 700,000 Arabs fled or were expelled
in the war that ensued.
TUESDAY, MAY 22
HERZLIYA, Israel - Fisher Institute for Air and Space
Strategic Studies to host Eighth National Security Conference.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
EGYPT - Presidential election (to May 24).
THURSDAY, MAY 24
EGYPT - Presidential election (SECOND DAY).
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
CAIRO - Verdict expected in trial of former Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of
protesters in the uprising that swept him from power.
MONDAY, JUNE 4
ISTANBUL, Turkey - World Economic Forum on Europe, the
Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia 2012 (to June 6).
THURSDAY, JUNE 14
GAZA - Fifth anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip
from Fatah.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
EGYPT - Presidential run-off vote (to June 17).
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
EGYPT - Presidential run-off vote (SECOND DAY).
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
EGYPT - Final results of Presidential election will be
announced.
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NOTE: To include items in this diary, please fax or e-mail
details to the Gulf newsroom. The listing of events does not
necessarily mean Reuters will file a story based on the event.
To calculate the local time add 2 hours to get the time in
Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, add 3 for Bahrain, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, add 4 to get time in
Oman and the United Arab Emirates, and 4-1/2 to get time in
Iran.
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:00am EDT
All times are provisional and in GMT.
Other major diaries;WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28
BAGHDAD - Arab League Foreign Ministers meet ahead of March
29 summit of heads of states and governments summit.
KUWAIT CITY - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits
Kuwait.
TEHRAN - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected
to visit Iran.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29
BAGHDAD - Arab League heads of state and government hold
summit.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
DUBAI - HORSE RACING - 2012 Dubai World Cup. Details:MONDAY, APRIL 9
BAGHDAD - Followers of Shi'ite Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
to march to mark Saddam Hussein's fall.
MONDAY, APRIL 16
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on
International Monetary Affairs and Development) Committee of the
Whole.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four)
Ninety-ninth Meeting of the Deputies (1300).
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO - B20 & G20 conference on
Anti-Corruption (to April 19).
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
WASHINGTON - G24 (Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four)
Eighty-seventh meeting of ministers and governors (2030).
DOHA - 8th Annual Aljazeera International Documentary Film
Festival (to April 22).
WASHINGTON - G20 Meeting of Deputy Ministers of Finance.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
DOHA - World Investment Forum 2012 (to April 23). Details:WASHINGTON - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting.
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
DOHA - Thirteenth Session of the UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD XIII) (to April 26).
MONDAY, MAY 7
SYRIA - Parliamentary elections.
SATURDAY, MAY 12
ABU DHABI - AFC Futsal Championship 2012 (to May 22).
TUESDAY, MAY 15
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Palestinians mark what Arabs call
"Nakba" (catastrophe), the day in 1948 when Israel declared
statehood after which some 700,000 Arabs fled or were expelled
in the war that ensued.
TUESDAY, MAY 22
HERZLIYA, Israel - Fisher Institute for Air and Space
Strategic Studies to host Eighth National Security Conference.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
EGYPT - Presidential election (to May 24).
THURSDAY, MAY 24
EGYPT - Presidential election (SECOND DAY).
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
CAIRO - Verdict expected in trial of former Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of
protesters in the uprising that swept him from power.
MONDAY, JUNE 4
ISTANBUL, Turkey - World Economic Forum on Europe, the
Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia 2012 (to June 6).
THURSDAY, JUNE 14
GAZA - Fifth anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip
from Fatah.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
EGYPT - Presidential run-off vote (to June 17).
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
EGYPT - Presidential run-off vote (SECOND DAY).
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
EGYPT - Final results of Presidential election will be
announced.
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NOTE: To include items in this diary, please fax or e-mail
details to the Gulf newsroom. The listing of events does not
necessarily mean Reuters will file a story based on the event.
To calculate the local time add 2 hours to get the time in
Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, add 3 for Bahrain, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, add 4 to get time in
Oman and the United Arab Emirates, and 4-1/2 to get time in
Iran.
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