MONDAY: Commerce Department releases July business inventories. 10 a.m.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve releases August industrial production. 9:15 a.m.

WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department releases July international trade. 8:30 a.m.

THURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases August housing starts. 8:30 a.m.

Carlotta, Calif. - Demonstration against planned harvest of dead and dying trees in Headwaters Forest.

Venice, Italy - Northern League secession declaration.

Stockholm, Sweden - Female speakers of parliaments from around the globe meet. Through Sept. 17.

Jakarta, Indonesia - British Health Minister Stephen Dorrell visits. Through Sept. 18.

Washington - President Clinton to travel to Cincinnati.

Space Center, Houston - Launch of space shuttle Atlantis on nine-day mission to dock with Russian space station Mir.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Pretrial hearing in the O.J. Simpson wrongful death case.

Omaha, Neb. - Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to address International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Lincoln, Neb. - Government, police, fire, emergency management and business officials at conference on managing the consequences of terrorism.

Tullahoma, Tenn. - Vice President Al Gore stumps for local candidate.

Kingsport, Tenn. - Trial starts for 16-year-old girl accused of rape and criminal impersonation for dressing as boy and raping another teen.

Boulder, Colo. - Foresters and policymakers gather to examine the National Forest Management Act. Through Sept. 18.

Newark, N.J. - Trial starts for J. David Smith in GTECH lottery kickback case.

Carlotta, Calif. - First day logging permitted in Headwaters Forest.

Phoenix - Pretrial conference for Viper Militia matters.

Houston - Jury selection set to begin in federal court trial of accused Mexican drug kingpin Juan Garcia Abrego.

Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Air Force's 15th annual Peacekeeper Challenge begins; 14 teams from the U.S. Air Force, Britain's Royal Air Force and the Canadian Forces Air Command competing in seven combat-related events. Through Sept. 21.

Richmond, Va. - Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia meet at Grove Avenue Baptist Church and are expected to break away from the Southern Baptist Convention.

Chesapeake, Va. - Preliminary hearing for Joe Smith, the Golden State Warriors' top draft pick last season, on a felony charge of malicious wounding related to a bar fight.

Los Angeles - Settlement conference in dispute over estate of Haing S. Ngor.

Paramaribo, Suriname - Constitutional deadline for all elected officials to choose the next president.

Jakarta, Indonesia - Australian Prime Minister John Howard visits.

Pretoria, South Africa - Sentencing hearing begins for Eugene de Kock, former police colonel convicted of six murders and 83 other charges linked to his war on apartheid activists.

Paris - Art and souvenirs collection of late actor Yul Brynner to be auctioned at Drouot-Montaine.

Timisoara, Romania - Premier Nicolae Vacaroiu and Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn meet to sign a friendship treaty.

Beijing - 133-member Inter-Parliamentary Union holds its 96th international conference. Through Sept. 21.

Beijing - Tajikistan President Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov visits. Through Sept. 20.

The Hague, Netherlands - World Court jurisdiction hearing on Iranian damages claim for U.S. destruction of three Persian Gulf oil platforms in 1987 and 1988. Hearing expected to last six days.

Strasbourg, France - European Parliament starts regular monthly session. Through Sept. 20.

Brussels, Belgium - European Union agriculture ministers hold regular monthly meeting. Through Sept. 17.

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Washington - Senate tentatively scheduled to hold roll call votes.

Washington - President Clinton tentatively scheduled to begin three-day campaign swing in Midwest and West.

Jackson, Tenn. - State task force on church arson meets with pastors.

Denver - APME convention begins. Through Sept. 20.

Denver - The U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Trade Commission of Mexico and Consulate General of Mexico kick off three-day regional trade mission of Mexican exporters.

Xenia, Ohio - Court hearing for "Manny the Hippie," frequent guest on the David Letterman Show, accused of violating probation on a marijuana-trafficking sentence.

Bedford, Va. - Motions hearing in case of Jens Soering, a diplomat's son convicted of killing his girlfriend's parents.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Official start of wrongful death lawsuit trial against O.J. Simpson in the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.

Santa Maria, Calif. - Trial to begin in the Michael Jackson wrongful discharge lawsuit filed by a group of former bodyguards.

Beijing - The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group meets to discuss Hong Kong's transition from British to Chinese rule. Through Sept. 19.

The Hague, Netherlands - Queen's speech to Dutch parliament and presentation of budget.

Franklin, Tenn. - DUI hearing for "Summer of '42" actress Jennifer O'Neil.

Denver - 17th annual national convention of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Frankfort, Ky. - Supreme Court oral arguments in child custody fight between Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and woman who is not a tribe member who raised Kayla American Horse since birth.

Houston - Meeting to discuss church burnings throughout the South. Rev. Alfred Baldwin of First Missionary Baptist Church in Enid, Okla., whose church was burned in June, scheduled to attend.

Huntsville, Texas - Scheduled 6 p.m. execution for Joe Gonzales, convicted of 1992 shooting death of a man whose murder he tried to disguise as a suicide.

Houston - Hearing on Texas Attorney General's office application for temporary restraining order to halt Houston company accused of supplying phony doctors to assist in surgery at six Houston hospitals.

Lexington, Va. - Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors meets to decide whether to admit women or go private. Through Sept. 21.

Cairo, Egypt - Arab economy ministers meet to discuss projects aimed at establishing Arab free trade zone. Through Sept. 19.

Bangkok, Thailand - No-confidence debate in parliament.

Paris - French government to unveil details of 1997 budget that aims to freeze spending and cut the deficit.

Frankfort, Ky. - Supreme Court oral argument on liability suit brought against state by survivors of people killed by state prison escapees in 1988.

Reno - Sentencing for Joseph Bailie and Ellis Hurst for their part in failed bombing of local IRS office.

Albuquerque, N.M. - Bureau of Land Management's Resource Advisory Council meets to discuss the National Environmental Policy Act. Through Sept. 20.

Richmond, Va. - Hearing in Juvenile Court for Dawn Cooper, charged with murder in the shooting of several people in a hospital emergency room on Labor Day.

Tours, France - Pope John Paul II begins fifth papal visit to France. Through Sept. 22.

Cairo, Egypt - Egyptian court expected to rule in case of 13 suspected Muslim extremists accused of killing 13 Copts and a Muslim in village near Assiut in 1992.

Alexandria, Egypt - The Alexandria World Festival, honoring all cities named for Alexander the Great. Through Sept. 28.

Richmond, Va. - Hearing in U.S. District Court to decide where combined civil lawsuits stemming from the ValuJet crash will be heard.

Las Vegas - Soldiers of Fortune convention.

Dublin, Ireland - European Union finance ministers meeting, expected to focus on plans for single EU currency. Through Sept. 21.

Bucharest, Romania - Yugoslav Premier Radoje Kontic visits to sign economic agreements.

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Paris - Rally at the Bastille by Workers Force, one of France's leading unions, to protest layoffs and government austerity.