THE WORLD THIS WEEK !

A look at what could be dominating the headlines around the world this week - and some key background on those events.

MONDAY 22 OCTOBER

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On Thursday: BBC correspondent Alan Johnston remembers his experiences of being held hostage in Gaza
In depth: Alan Johnston

Kosovo calling: Representatives from the European Union, the US and Russia meet in the Austrian city of Vienna to discuss the future status of the breakaway Serb province of Kosovo.
Profile: Kosovo

Lady Laura: The US First Lady, Laura Bush, continues her tour of the Middle East to highlight the issue of breast cancer in the region.
Profile: Laura Bush

Dorothy Stang had devoted her life to saving the Amazon
Brazil retrial: The man who shot campaigning nun Dorothy Stang, who fought for the rights of the landless in Brazil's Amazon forest, is to stand trial again. The fresh trial is granted automatically due to the heavy sentence.
The nun who died for the Amazon

TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER

The superjumbo is the world's largest passenger jet
Flying machine: The vast Airbus A380 touches down in the Chinese capital, Beijing, at the start of a world tour.
In pictures: A380 arrives in US

Moscow to Tokyo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in Japan at the start of a two-day visit to the country. The two countries are expected to discuss a territorial dispute over the Kuril islands.
Japan's island row with Russia

WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER
Kabul focus: Defence ministers from Nato hold talks in the Netherlands with their forces' deployment in Afghanistan at the top of the agenda.
Nato faces Afghanistan 'problems'

In absentia: In Milan, the trial resumes of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of involvement in the rendition of a terror suspect flown to Egypt, where he alleges he was tortured.
Rendition and individual rights

THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER
Caracas calls: Venezuelan students plan to march through the streets of the capital to express their opposition to constitutional reforms which would end limits on presidential terms.
Venezuela head outlines changes

State of nature: The UN issues a huge five-yearly report on the state of the world's environment, the Global Environment Outlook.
Humans blamed for climate change

Out of the shadows: The Vatican is due to shed new light on the mysterious Knights Templar, a Christian military order dating back to Middle Ages. A book, based on a parchment discovered six years ago in the Vatican's Secret Archives, is to be published Thursday.
Vatican book on Knights Templars' demise

FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER
Waxing lyrical: UK rocker-poet Pete Doherty is to be sentenced for drug abuse in London. The singer has said he believes he is winning the battle against addiction.
Doherty 'at drugs turning point'

Peace pie: Norway's Supreme Court is to hear the appeal of a young man sentenced to a month in prison for hurling a pastry concoction at the prime minister in 2005.
Country profile: Norway

SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER
Next door neighbours: Peace talks aimed at ending conflict between the Sudanese government, pro-government Arab militias and rebel forces in the vast western region of Darfur begin in Tripoli, Libya.
Libya hosts Darfur crisis talks

Motor mad: One of the world's largest car shows, held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, opens on Saturday.
Globalisation: the car industry

SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is described as 'strong-willed'Polling stations: Argentines are to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. President Nestor Kirchner is standing aside to let his wife, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, stand for presidency. She is expected to win.
Profile: Argentina's powerful First Lady

Exceptional access: Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, is to begin a groundbreaking visit to Cuba.
Cuba farms hint at future reform

Close call: It is 45 years to the day from the end of the Cuban missile crisis when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in the country.
On this day: Cuban crisis ends
BBCNEWS REPORT.