Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Danish cowboy
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen visits President George Bush's ranch at Crawford, Texas for talks on range of global issues (BBC).
Robert Gates
Gates urges restraint
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates visits Ankara; he will urge Turkey to abbreviate its military intervention in northern Iraq against PKK guerrillas (New York Times).
Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad
First-time visit
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad will visit Baghdad on March 2-3 for talks with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki; it will be first ever visit to Iraq by an Iranian president (Al-Sharqiyah TV).
Mirek Topolanek
Canada Czech-in
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visits; meets Prime Minister Stephen Harper (CTK).
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin homecoming
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns home for the first time since since being overthrown by a military coup 17 months ago (BBC).
Jakaya Kikwete
Crisis talks
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, who also heads the AU, travels to Nairobi to assist former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in talks designed to alleviate the political crisis created by Kenya's disputed election (BBC).
'Tommy' gun
Mafia move
An Italian government report suggests that the Sicilian mafia is rebuilding its US links (BBC).
Hillary Clinton
Presidential primaries
Senator Hillary Clinton campaigns in Texas and Ohio ahead of her showdown with Senator Barack Obama in Tuesday's Democratic party presidential primaries.
Barack Obama
Presidential primaries
Senator Barack Obama campaigns in Ohio and Texas ahead of his showdown with Senator Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Democratic party presidential primaries.
Condoleezza Rice
Tokyo talks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Tokyo on the last leg of a three-nation regional tour.
David Miliband
Tour completion
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband completes his five-day tour of China (BBC).
New York Philharmonic
Cultural outreach
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra completes its goodwill tour of North Korea (Washington Post).
World Health Organisation flag
Disease monitoring
The World Health Organisation is sending scientists to Asunción to monitor the first outbreak of yellow fever in Latin America in decades.
Nicholas Sarkozy
International inquiry
French President Nicholas Sarkozy meets with his Chadian counterpart, Idriss Déby (AP).
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Pre-NATO summit talks
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meets President George Bush at White House (Regional sources).
