Here is a list of national and foreign events for this week compiled by the Associated Press:
MONDAY: Commerce Department Releases March new home sales. 10 a.m.
TUESDAY: Labor Department releases first-quarter employment cost index. 8:30 a.m.
WEDNESDAY: Commerce releases March construction spending. 10 a.m.
THURSDAY: Labor releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce releases first-quarter gross domestic product. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce releases March factory orders. 10 a.m.
FRIDAY: Commerce releases March personal income and spending. 8:30 a.m.; Labor releases April employment. 8:30 a.m.
Egypt and Muslim World - Start of four-day Eid el-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) holiday.
Bonn, Germany - Trade unions plan mass rally against change in store-closing times.
San Antonio - American Occupational Health Conference.
Cleveland - Beginning of five-day Bible-reading marathon, in conjunction with national day of prayer.
New York - Annual meeting of The Associated Press.
New York - The Freedom Forum presents "Journalism Education: Proud Past; Fragile Future?" with highlights of yearlong study of state of journalism education and its prospects.
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Supreme Court resumes hearing on whether self-exiled writer Taslima Nasrin can be tried on blasphemy charge.
Copenhagen, Denmark - Fourth Circumpolar Symposium on Remote Sensing of Polar Environment. Through May 1.
Johannesburg, South Africa - Truth and Reconciliation Commission resumes hearings for four days.
Washington - President Clinton travels to Miami.
Washington - Supreme Court issues orders and decisions.
Washington - Congress is in session all week.
Manhattan, Kan. - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivers Landon Lecture at Kansas State University.
San Antonio - Opening statements in Alamodome contaminated dirt civil trial.
Toledo, Ohio - Sentencing for woman convicted of helping friend steal skull from cemetery to trade for tattoos.
Pittsfield, Mass. - Mental competency hearing for Lewis Lent, convicted in the attempted abduction of a child and accused of two child murders.
Denver - "Million Man March" at former Stapleton airport.
Phoenix - Hearing continues for Jeremy Bach, 13-year-old accused of killing another 13-year-old and putting body in trash can that was taken to landfill and dumped. Hearing to determine whether Bach should be tried as an adult.
Jefferson, Wis. - Trial for former state Sen. Dale McKenna, accused of sexual misconduct with two teen-age boys.
Lumberton, N.C. - Second defendant faces sentencing trial in James Jordan slaying.
New York - Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres speaks to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Norfolk, Va. - Hearing on request by California film producer to conduct salvage dive on wreckage of Titanic.
Omaha, Neb. - Adjudication trial set to begin on child abuse allegations against parents of Tabatha Renshaw, four-month-old infant hooked up to life support. State officials and hospital staff argue that baby suffers from severe brain injuries possibly inflicted by parents and should be taken off life support. The baby's parents oppose the move.
Stockholm, Sweden - Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th birthday.
Cape Town, South Africa - Special commission appointed by President Nelson Mandela issues recommendation on whether KwaZulu-Natal local elections should be postponed.
Washington - Supreme Court in recess until May 12.
Phoenix - Trial set for Pima County judge indicted on tax crimes involving his gambling habit.
Greenville, Mo. - Preliminary hearing for teen-ager charged in the death of another youth at Mountain Park Baptist Academy.
Springfield, Mo. - Bond hearing for former schoolteacher charged with murdering his wife and two children.
Atlanta, Ga. - Special NFL owners meeting to vote on Houston Oilers proposed move to Nashville.
Denver - In-chambers arguments on jury instructions in Oklahoma City bombing case.
New York - Christie's annual spring sale of Impressionist and Modern art include's Paul Gauguin's "Nature morte a L'Esperance" and van Gogh's "Interior of a Restaurant."
San Francisco - 37th annual Clio awards.
South Africa - Worker's Day holiday.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - May Day speeches and holiday rally.
Dallas - Iran in Transition: an economic, political and energy conference focusing on the country and its world today.
Denver - Full hearing on death sentence being sought by prosecutors in Oklahoma City bombing case.
New York - Sotheby's auction of Impressionist and Modern art includes "Les Meules, Giverny, Effet Du Matin" by Claude Monet and "La Place Vintimille" by Edouard Vuillard.
New York - Empire State Building celebrates its 65th birthday and its $66 million improvement program.
Johannesburg, South Africa - Opening of four-day national conference of the South African Homeless People's Federation.
New Delhi, India - Several states begin voting to elect a new lower house of Parliament. Voting also is held on May 7, May 23 and May 30.
Lille, France - International Trash Film Festival. Through May 5.
Eastern Thailand - Cobra Gold Thai-US joint military exercise. Through May 24.
Topeka, Kan. - Preliminary hearing for Scott Roeder, Freemen member charged with possessing bomb parts.
Pecos, Texas - Federal judge has summoned Rick McLaren, chief legal officer of the Republic of Texas, to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for violating court orders.
New York - Public opening of the new Science, industry and Business Library in the old B. Altman department store building.
Newport News, Va. - Department of Environmental Quality holds hearings on Newport News Shipbuilding to dump toxic metals into Chesapeake Bay.
Zacatecas, Mexico - Scheduled start of 1996 Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group meeting. Through May 5.
Stockholm, Sweden - Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin visits. Through May 4.
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Buddhists pray in temples nationwide during a full moon on the day Lord Buddha is believed to have attained Nirvana.
Paris - World press freedom day.
San Quentin, Calif. - Execution of triple murderer Keith Daniel Williams
Vatican City - Pope visits Como, Italy. Through May 5.
Paris - March against air pollution.
Paris - March to denounce kidnapping of seven French monks in Algeria.
Columbia, S.C. - South Carolina Republican convention.
Phoenix - Sentencing for Rafael Mendez, who murdered undercover DEA agent Richard Fass, first federal drug agent killed in line of duty in Arizona.
New York - 36th anniversary of "The Fantasticks," the world's longest-running musical.
Copenhagen, Denmark - International conference on Danish existentialist writer Soeren Kierkegaard. Through May 12.
Berlin - Voting on merger of Berlin city-state and Brandenburg state into one state.
Bloemfontein, South Africa - Opening of three-day law conference, during which national and international speakers will focus on human rights and South Africa's new constitution.
Omaha, Neb. - Special viewing for shareholders in billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway of a baseball-sized diamond, the world's largest polished diamond, at Borsheim's jewelry store, a Berkshire holding.