This Week's Look Ahead
鈥� Tuesday, Jan. 16:
Cape Town, South Africa 鈥� Conference on grooming African women for leadership in politics, business, medicine, and other fields.
鈥� Wednesday, Jan. 17:
Islamabad, Pakistan 鈥� Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, chairman of a Muslim separatist alliance in Indian-controlled Kashmir, holds talks with Pakistani officials on Kashmir dispute.
Strasbourg, France 鈥� German Chancellor Angela Merkel presents plans for her six-month presidency of European Union.
鈥� Thursday, Jan. 18:
Rio de Janeiro 鈥� South America's Mercosur trade bloc summit. Venezuela is urging that Bolivia become a member.
鈥� Saturday, Jan. 20:
Nairobi, Kenya 鈥� World Social Forum, gathering of antiglobalization militants and other activists, opens. It is a counter to World Economic Forum, gathering of business and political elite Jan. 24 in Davos, Switzerland.
鈥� The Associated Press, Reuters
