Today: Duma may decide on nomination of Chernomyrdin as PM. German foreign minister visits Bosnia. Bosnian Serb parliament holds emergency session to debate recent murder of police chief and disputes between government and media. Former Rwandan PM, Jean Kambanda, goes on trial in Arusha, Tanzania, charged with genocide. Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly opens in Lisbon. Annan in South Africa. Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan begin joint air defence exercises.
Tomorrow: Clinton and Yeltsin meet in Moscow. Trial of former Kenyan game warden begins at Nairobi's High Court accused of murder of British tourist, Julie Ward. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission sworn in. Trial of suspected war criminal, Aleksandras Lileikis, begins in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ukrainian parliament reconvenes after summer recess. European Central Bank council meets in Frankfurt. Deputy foreign ministers from Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan meet in Moscow.
Wednesday: Chirac in Ukraine. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda delivers judgment on genocide trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu, former mayor of the Taba commune. CIS defence ministers meet at testing ground in Russia. NATO ambassadors meet in Brussels. British House of Commons recalled over new anti-terrorist laws. High-level officials from South Korea visit London.
Thursday: Upper house of Russian parliament meeting expected in Moscow. Ruling Cambodian People's Party may meet King Sihanouk. Slovakian parliament votes again for president. Russian and Austrian foreign ministers meet. Executive boards of UNDP and UN Population Fund meet. South Korean foreign minister in Japan. EU talks on external relations with six eastern European countries who will joining first.
Friday: EU home affairs and justice commissioners visit Estonia. Indian PM visits Mauritius.
Saturday: North Korean Supreme People's Assmbly meets in Pyongyang. Azerbaijani opposition group holds protest rally. Parliamentary election in Malta. "Million Youth March" expected in New York. Turkish PM visits Jordan. EU General Affairs Council meets informally in Salzburg.
Sunday: Amnesty Committee of Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa hears amnesty applications from 10 former security branch policemen. Anniversary of "independence" of breakaway Chechen Republic.
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.