Today: New cabinet installed in the Netherlands. Yeltsin visits Russian northern fleet.
Tomorrow: UN talks between Portugal and Indonesia on East Timor. Cypriot parliament discusses purchase of Russian anti-air missiles.
Wednesday: Schroeder meets Clinton in Washington. Vice-Presidents of US and South Africa meet in Washington.
Thursday: OECD releases economic survey of Germany. Russia and US in joint naval exercises in Vladivostock. Russian cabinet meets to sign agreement supporting coal exporters. 53rd anniversary of Hiroshima bomb.
Friday: Diplomatic meeting between Taiwan and US in Washington. Andres Pastrana takes office as president of Colombia. UN secretary-general in Portugal for youth conference.
Saturday: Tenth anniversary of largest pro-democracy student demonstrations in Burma in 1988. Anniversary of end of Iran-Iraq war.
Sunday: Anniversary of Nagasaki atomic bomb. EU-Southern African Development Community conference on conflict prevention in Harare.
Ireland
Today: Concern "Race Against Time for Sudan" at Leopardstown Racecourse to raise funds for relief.
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.
