This week's look ahead

Get all the Monitor's headlines by e-mail. Subscribe for free.

E-mail this story Write a letter to the Editor Printer-friendly version del.icio.us [ What is this? ] digg [ What is this? ]

Brussels/Washington - The European Union is due to sign an agreement with the United States to facilitate the exchange of information between EU and US prosecutors on terrorism and cross-border criminal cases.

Nairobi, Kenya - UN conference on climate change. Through Nov. 17.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Presidential election.

London - Sentencing of Dhiran Barot, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in plot to bomb high-profile British and US targets.

Milan, Italy - Verdict expected for Egyptian suspect in Madrid train bombings.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan - High Court hears petition for release of Rashid Rauf, allegedly involved in British planes plot.

Tuesday, Nov. 7

Baghdad - Saddam Hussein's genocide trial resumes.

Islamabad, Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf meets senior Army generals to discuss talks with India on Kashmir conflict, other border disputes.

Wednesday, Nov. 8

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Caribbean Court of Justice rules on controversial Barbados capital punishment appeal that could lead to more executions in region.

Islamabad, Pakistan - President Musharraf meets tribal elders from Baluchistan as part of effort to end tribal unrest in that southwestern province.

New York - Christie's sale of four Gustav Klimt paintings owned by heirs of a Nazi victim.

Undated - Planet Mercury will pass in front of the sun; observatories, museums planning viewing events. Mercury won't transit the sun again until 2016.

Friday, Nov. 10

Belfast, Northern Ireland - Deadline for Northern Ireland parties to accep or reject Anglo-Irish plan for revival of power-sharing between Protestants and Roman Catholics.