Friday, February 21, 1997
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT): ECONOMIC REPORTS
THURSDAY: Commerce Department releases January durable goods report. 8:30 a.m.; Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.; National Association of Realtors releases January existing home sales. 10 a.m.
FRIDAY: Commerce Department releases 4th-quarter GDP, first revision. 8:30 a.m.
SUNDAY, Feb. 23:
Brussels, Belgium - Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov visits NATO.
Neckarwestheim, Germany - Demonstration against transport of nuclear waste to northern Germany.
Atlanta - Turner Broadcasting System Inc. broadcasts fifth annual Trumpet Awards ceremony.
Los Angeles - American Society of Cinematographers outstanding achievement awards.
MONDAY, Feb. 24:
Singapore - Japan-Singapore conference on artificial intelligence. Through Feb. 27.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Islamic business conference. Through Feb. 25.
Bonn, Germany - U.N. meeting on global warming. Through Feb. 28.
Paris - Court to rule on suit against Georgia Tech Lorraine by French language watchdogs trying to force the campus to translate its Internet site into French.
Oslo, Norway - Russia's Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov visits. Through Feb. 25.
Tripoli, Libya - Foreign ministers of the Organization of African Unity meet. Through Feb. 28.
Singapore - U.N. conference on lessons learned from peace-keeping exercises. Through Feb. 26.
Amman, Jordan - Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai to discuss defense agreement with Jordan.
Munich, Germany - A traveling exhibit on crimes committed by the German army in eastern Europe during World War II opens, amid protests from neo-Nazis, conservative local leaders.
Washington - Senate in session.
Washington - Supreme Court hears arguments. Also on Feb. 25 and 26.
Albany, N.Y. - Gov. George Pataki called for jury duty in Putnam County.
Newark, N.J. - U.S. District Judge Alfred M. Wolin will hold hearing on proposed billion-dollar settlement between Prudential Insurance Co. of America and up to 10.7 million of its policyholders.
Hackensack, N.J. - Death penalty phase to begin for Avi Kostner, who pleaded guilty to killing his two children in a bitter custody battle over their religious upbringing.
Newark, N.J. - U.S. District Judge Bissell to hold bail revocation hearing for Eric Wynn, a convicted stock manipulator who while on bail was among a group attending a White House coffee with President Clinton.
Los Angeles - Trial in a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against Pamela Anderson Lee by a movie production company.
TUESDAY, Feb. 25:
London - Israeli President Ezer Weizman on visit. Through Feb. 27.
Maputo, Mozambique - International conference on land mines. Through Feb. 28.
Washington - Congress in session. Through Feb. 27.
Denver - Former President George Bush delivers keynote address at the annual fund-raising dinner for the University of Colorado at Denver College of Business and Administration.
Phoenix - Hearing on Gov. Fife Symington's effort to dismiss one of 23 federal indictments against him.
Houston - Harris County commissioners meet; among items to be voted on is county acceptance of the Houston Oilers offer of cash and property in exchange for getting out of its Astrodome lease a year early.
Albany, N.Y. - Opening of three-day HIV/AIDS Policy Conference sponsored by the state Health Department and AIDS Institute.
Fairfield, Calif. - Six men charged in series of bombings in Vallejo scheduled to enter pleas.
Anaheim, Calif. - Disney Co. annual meeting.
Los Angeles - Hearing in a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against Val Kilmer by a production company.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26:
Jakarta, Indonesia - Parliament expected to pass controversial nuclear power bill.
Johannesburg, South Africa - South African Students Congress plans an anti-business protest at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Ubombo, South Africa - Court case of suspect in murder of two British tourists.
Copenhagen, Denmark - Russia's Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov visits. Through Feb. 27.
San Francisco - Fred and Kim Goldman appear at bookstore, pushing his new book on O.J. Simpson and murder of son Ron Goldman.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Trial-setting hearing for convicted Whitewater figure Susan McDougal in an embezzlement case.
Atlanta - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director David Satcher and Carter Center health policy director William Foege hold forum on diseases in the next millennium.
New York - 39th Annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden.
THURSDAY, Feb. 27:
Dublin, Ireland - Effective date of legislation permitting divorce and remarriage.
Washington - American Airlines and Allied Pilots Association to begin arguments before Presidential Emergency Board (closed to media).
St. Louis - Sentencing of Joseph Paul Franklin, convicted in fatal synagogue sniper attack.
Sacramento, Calif. - Hearing on prosecutors' request for new handwriting samples from Unabomber suspect.
Los Angeles - Actress Liz Taylor turns 65.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Opening of the 17th annual American Film Market, the world's largest motion picture trade show.
FRIDAY, Feb. 28:
Stockholm, Sweden - Hells Angels to begin weeklong party expected to attract hundreds of outlaw bikers.
Rome - Indictment hearing for Premier Romano Prodi.
Johannesburg, South Africa - President Nelson Mandela visits the Philippines, Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia. Through March 11.
Helsinki, Finland - European Union anti-racism conference as part of European Year Against Racism.
Alpine, Texas - Annual Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
Dallas - The Secretariat of the NAFTA's Commission for Labor Cooperation hosts tri-national seminor to focus on incomes and productivity in North America.
Toms River, N.J. - Sentencing of youth who killed woman after carjacking in which she tape-recorded her pleas for her life.
Atlantic City, N.J. - Deadline for group seeking recall of Atlantic City Mayor James Whelan to challenge city clerk's determination that petitions were invalid.
Universal City, Calif. - 13th annual Soap Opera Digest Awards.
SATURDAY, March 1:
Atlantic City, N.J. - Sugar Ray Leonard returns to the ring in fight against Hector "Macho" Camacho.