Nicolas Sarkozy
China trip
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits China; he is expected to finalise an order for two French-built nuclear reactors, worth six billion euros. (AFP)
Nguyen Minh Triet
Historic trip
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet visits Japan -- the first trip by a Vietnamese head of state -- to meet Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. (Kyodo)
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Reducing tension
The defence ministers from North Korea and South Korea meet in Pyongyang to discuss measures to reduce tension, and successfully implement cross-border economic projects. (Yonhap)
Dissenters' march
Act of provocation?
Opposition Dissenters' march planned in Moscow. The mayor's office has said it believes an act of provocation involving illegal use of police uniform is being prepared against Boris Nemtsov, a Union of Right Forces party leader. (Ekho Moskvy radio and BBC Monitoring)
Protests
March to parliament
National Council of Opposition Parties, which consists of nine political parties and organisations, to meet in Tbilisi's Rike Square, march to parliament in protest over shutdown of Imedi TV channel, and authorities' arrest of protesters on November 7. (ITAR-TASS and BBC Monitoring)
Matti Vanhanen
Cooperation
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen meets counterpart Viktor Zubkov to discuss cooperation, Northern European gas pipeline construction, and contact between border territories. (RIA Novosti)
OSCE Ministerial Council
Reviewing activities
OSCE Ministerial Council in Madrid; foreign ministers of organisation's 56 participating states to review and assess activities, including Russian proposal to reduce monitor missions in seven former Soviet states. (OSCE website and BBC Monitoring)
Conference
Expanding cooperation
The first Persian Gulf Marine Silk Road international conference in Tehran aims to expand cooperation between Iran and Persian Gulf states. Representatives from Lebanon, India, Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia are attending. (Mehr news agency)
War vets
Million man march
War veterans are staging a 'million man' march in Harare in support of President Robert Mugabe's candidature for next year's presidential elections. (Zim Online)
Nawaz Sharif
Returning home?
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he could return home this week to take part in the election campaign if Saudi Arabia reached an agreement with President Pervez Musharraf to end his exile in the Kingdom. (Sify)
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Intensive talks continue
The next round of intensive talks over Kosovo will take place in Baden, Austria. (Reuters)
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Literacy promotion
Education ministers of 14 Asian countries will be in the Indian capital to participate in the Global Literacy Conference this week and promote literacy, especially among women. (NDTV)
Saeed Jalili
Nuclear talks?
Iranian media say Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet this week in London to discuss Tehran's nuclear program. But the EU has not confirmed any such meeting.
