GRN Forward Planninghttp://www.globalradionews.com/public/mapforwardPlanning.aspGRN's Forward Planning<![CDATA[Financial Crisis Meeting In Germany - 2009-01-05]]>The German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds talks with coalition leaders to discuss the economic crisis.

Merkel has insisted large tax cuts are not on the agenda.

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Five guards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a State Department contractor in Iraq are set to face an arraignment hearing in Washington charged with killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others using gunfire and grenades at a busy Baghdad intersection last year.

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US President Bush meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a farewell lunch. The meeting will be an opportunity for Bush, who leaves office on January 20, to thank Ban for his work as UN head over the last two years.

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]]><![CDATA[Sarkozy Continues Negotiating Middle East Ceasefire - 2009-01-06]]> French President Nicholas Sarkozy is on his second day visit to the Middle East to encourage a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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]]><![CDATA[Solana Continues Middle East Tour Amid Violence In Gaza - 2009-01-06]]>

European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Javier Solana continues his Middle East visit amid escalating situation in Gaza.

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]]><![CDATA[US Congress Confirms Presidential Election Result - 2009-01-06]]>

The US Congress meets in a joint session to count the electoral college votes and confirm the election result following the presidential election in November.

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]]><![CDATA[Bush Hosts Lunch For Obama - 2009-01-07]]>

President George W. Bush hosts a White House lunch for Barack Obama, president-elect, to meet all living former US presidents, who will share their experiences with the newly elected leader ahead of his inauguration on January 20. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush are invited.

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]]><![CDATA[European Commission Meets Czech Government - 2009-01-07]]>

The European Commission and the Czech government meet in Prague following the Czech Republic’s assumption of the European Union presidency on January 1. José Manuel Barroso, commission president, Mirek Topolánek (above), Czech prime minister, and other leaders will attend. The event also launches the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

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Click here to read about the Czech government's problems at home.

]]><![CDATA[ Eurozone Ceremony For New Member Slovakia - 2009-01-08]]>European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet and the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs Joaquín Almunia visit Bratislava for a ceremony marking Slovakia’s entry last week to the eurozone.

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]]><![CDATA[Czech Government To Host First EU Presidency Meetings - 2009-01-08]]> 

The Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, who assumed the EU Presidency in January and is known to be an EU-sceptic, will host his first informal meeting of all 27 EU member states of the European Union general affairs council in Prague.

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]]><![CDATA[France To Tackle Global Financial Crisis - 2009-01-08]]>French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will host a two-day meeting entitled New World: Values, Development And Regulation for world leaders and experts to seek new solutions to the global financial crisis.

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]]><![CDATA[Palestinian Leader's Term Ends - 2009-01-09]]>Hamas is expected to end its recognition of Mahmoud Abbas as the legitimate Palestinian president today, requiring him to leave office or hold presidential elections.

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]]><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay Anniversary - 2009-01-11]]>7 years ago: As US President Elect Barak Obama promises to close US military prison Guantánamo Bay during his presidency, the detention camp marks anniversary of the US using it to hold  ‘enemy combatants’ today.

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]]><![CDATA[Thai PM faces Test In By-Elections - 2009-01-11]]>Thailand’s new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will face his first test in by-elections to elect 29 new MPs to replace those sacked on corruption charges by Thailand's constitutional court last December.

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