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Monday, Dec. 4:
London - Winner of the Turner Prize for art announced. The short list: Tomma Abts, Phil Collins, Mark Titchner, and Rebecca Warren.
Washington - Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the largest Shiite party in Iraq, meets with President Bush.
Tokyo - Symposium commemorating 50th anniversary of Japan's joining UN.
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Tuesday, Dec. 5:
Tehran - Foreign ministers of countries neighboring Iraq to meet for talks on ways to stop the violence in Iraq.
Saarland, Germany - Polish President Lech Kaczynski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Jacques Chirac hold their Weimar Triangle summit.
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Thursday, Dec. 7:
Hawaii - 65th anniversary of the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor that killed more than 2,400 in a surprise attack.
Brasilía - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visits.
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Friday, Dec. 8:
Washington - South African President Thabo Mbeki visits President Bush.
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Saturday, Dec. 9:
Moscow - Veterans from Russia and other countries mark 60 years of hockey in Russia with event on Red Square.
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Sunday, Dec. 10:
Oslo - 2006 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Muhammad Yunus.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - Joseph Kabila sworn in as president.
- Reuters, Associated Press
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