Monday, Nov. 23
STRASBOURG, France _ European Parliament holds its monthly session, to end Thursday.
MONS, Belgium _ Allied NATO nations convene troop pledging conference to bolster NATO's Afghan mission.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina _ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits Argentina.
BRASILIA, Brazil _ Scheduled visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
Tuesday, Nov. 24:
WASHINGTON _ U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, then hosts state dinner for Singh.
HAMILTON, Bermuda _ Queen Elizabeth II to visit Bermuda to commemorate the British Atlantic territory's 400th anniversary.
NIAMEY, Niger _ Presidential and legislative elections.
LONDON _ Britain holds a first public hearing in the inquiry into the unpopular U.S.-led Iraq war.
LONDON _ NHS Chief Scientific Officer's Conference. Health minister addresses first day of conference.
DUBLIN _ Ireland's major labor unions representing state-paid workers mount a nationwide one-day strike.
Wednesday, Nov. 25:
SHANGHAI _ UNAIDS releases its latest global outlook.
SHANGHAI _ EU Trade Commissioner visits. Coverage prospects uncertain.
BONN, Germany _ UN climate chief Yvo de Boer gives news conference to preview Copenhagen climate conference.
Thursday, Nov. 26:
Thanksgiving Day in the United States
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad _ Queen Elizabeth II to arrive for three-day Commonwealth heads of government meeting that will draw some 5,000 delegates from 52 Commonwealth nations.
PARIS _ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits France for talks with French officials
Friday, Nov. 27:
Eid al-Adha
No major events added.
PARIS _ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ends official visit.
Saturday, Nov. 28:
ROME _ Cristina Fernandez and Michelle Bachelet, presidents of Argentina and Chile, visit the Vatican to commemorate the Pope's role in helping Argentina and Chile avoid war over the Beagle Channel many years ago.
Sunday, Nov. 29:
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast _ War-divided Ivory Coast holds repeatedly delayed presidential elections. The vote is supposed to unify the country, but the candidates are among those who helped break it apart.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras _ Presidential election in Honduras.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay _ Ex-leftist guerrilla Jose "Pepe" Mujica, candidate for ruling Broad Front, faces former President Luis Alberto La Calle, a free-marketeer, in presidential runoff election.
Monday, Nov. 30
MUNICH, Germany _ John Demjanjuk goes on trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp.
CASCAIS, Portugal _ Annual Ibero-American summit brings together Spain, Portugal and countries of Latin America through Dec. 1.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname _ Trial of former dictator Desi Bouterse resumes, with more testimony expected from those who witnessed the 1982 killings of 15 political opponents.
