ECONOMIC REPORTS

The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT):

MONDAY: Treasury Department releases March budget statement. 2 p.m.

THURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. 8:30 a.m.

FRIDAY: National Association of Realtors releases March existing home sales. 10 a.m.

SUNDAY, April 20:

Prague, Czech Republic -- Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin arrives for a two-day official visit.

Cape Town, South Africa -- Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, concludes three-day campaign.

Rome -- Opening of tunnel connecting two parts of the Imperial Forums.

New York -- Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow, is special guest at pre-Passover model seder conducted by Russian immigrant children.

Miami -- Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune speaks at International Airline CEO Conference.

Manhattan, Kan. -- Kansas State opens symposium on legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Four Pulitzer-winning historians to take part. Through April 22.

MONDAY, April 21:

Budapest, Hungary -- Croatian President Franjo Tudjman arrives for two-day official visit.

Harare, Zimbabwe -- Southern African Regional Land, Labor and Food Conference begins. Through April 25.

Ottawa -- Brazilian President Fernando Hernrique Cardoso makes state visit to Canada. Through April 24.

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico -- Congressional hearing on status of Puerto Rico and its relationship with the United States.

Washington -- Supreme Court hears arguments.

Washington -- Congress in session.

Boston -- 101st Boston Marathon.

Albany, N.Y.-- State University of New York Board of Trustees meet and are expected to vote on the nomination of John Ryan as chancellor.

Vallejo, Calif. -- Preliminary hearing for six men accused in setting series of bombs to disrupt a drug trial.

Huntsville, Texas -- Scheduled execution of Benjamin Boyle, convicted of raping and strangling a woman in 1985.

Dallas -- Scheduled start of hearing over whether New Black Panthers can continue using the name.

Flemington, N.J. -- Final jury selection for the trial of Jesse Timmendequas in the slaying of Megan Kanka. Trial scheduled to open May 5.

Newark, N.J. -- U.S. District Judge Wolin sentences ex-INS administrator John Lonergan, convicted of helping illegal aliens enter the country.

TUESDAY, April 22:

Earth Day

Paris -- List of nominees for Cannes Film Festival announced.

Copenhagen, Denmark -- King Hussein of Jordan and his American-born wife Queen Noor on official visit to Denmark. Through April 25.

Washington -- Supreme Court in recess until April 28.

Washington -- Senate in session.

Boston -- Dedication of the Rey Children's Room in honor of the late Margaret and H.A. Rey, co-creators of the "Curious George" series and donors to the Boston Public Library.

West Palm Beach, Fla. -- Discovery hearing in Liggett tobacco case.

Los Angeles -- Payment hearing in O.J. Simpson civil case.

WEDNESDAY, April 23:

Potchefstroom, South Africa -- Verdict expected in trial of white extremist leader Eugene TerreBlanche on charges of attempted murder and assault following an alleged attack on former employee Paul Motshabi last year.

Washington -- Congress in session.

Cincinnati -- Full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rehears lawsuit on behalf of 84,000 General Motors Corp. retirees who say that GM broke its promise to pay lifetime health care expenses at no cost to the retirees and their spouses. The court agreed to set aside an August 1996 three-judge panel's ruling in favor of the retirees and rehear the case at GM's request.

Hanford, Calif. -- Sentencing of Gene Estel McCurdy, who a jury recommends should die for murdering 8-year-old girl

Greeneville, Tenn. -- Pre-trial hearing in the case of four adult Kentuckians charged in the triple slaying involving a Tennessee family.

St. Louis -- National Conference of Black Mayors opens five-day conference.

Universal City, Calif. -- 32nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Los Angeles -- The Four Tops get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Las Vegas -- Air Force Association marks 50th anniversary of U.S. Air Force.

THURSDAY, April 24:

Marseille, France -- Verdict in trial of two skinheads for desecration of Jewish cemetery. Prosecution seeking two-year sentences.

Singapore -- U.S. pilot Linda Finch arrives on reenactment of 1937 Amelia Earhart flight.

Rustenburg, South Africa -- Scheduled start of African National Congress Women's League, expected to be a leadership showdown between Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and rivals trying to oust her. President Nelson Mandela scheduled to speak at opening. Through April 27.

Washington -- House of Representatives in session.

New York -- Publisher Katherine Graham receives the President's Award for lifetime achievement in journalism from The Overseas Press Club of America at its 58th annual awards dinner.

Huntsville, Texas -- Scheduled execution of Brian Roberson, convicted of killing two people during burglaries in Dallas in 1986.

Hampton Roads, Va. -- First-ever Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival. Through May 11.

FRIDAY, April 25:

Prague, Czech Republic - Pope John Paul II arrives for a three-day visit. Through April 27.

Princeton, N.J. -- First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton gives keynote address at symposium on early childhood education, at Princeton University.

Toms River, N.J. -- Sentencing of Daniel Hynes, convicted in the "Presumed Innocent"-style murder plot to kill his wife and plant someone else's semen on her body.

Williamsburg, Va. -- Astronomers and physicists to hold Violent Universe Workshop for the public to share information collected by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, a NASA satellite put in orbit around Earth in 1991.

Knoxville, Tenn. -- U.S. Chess Federation holds largest scholastic chess tournament ever in the United States. Through April 27.

Lawrence, Kan. -- Tribute to Bob Dole at University of Kansas.

Las Vegas -- Irish band U2 opens 62-city world tour.

Los Angeles -- Arraignment for comedian Martin Lawrence following a scuffle on a nightclub dance floor.

Los Angeles -- Motion for a new trial to be heard in Simpson civil case.

SATURDAY, April 26:

Paris -- Air Algerie resumes flights to Paris after two-year dispute over security measures due to Muslim insurgency in Algeria.

New York -- Liberace's 1956 Ford Thunderbird for sale at Christie's auction of Exceptional Motor Cars.

Virginia Beach, Va. -- Private reburial ceremony for the remains of 64 Chesapeake Indians, which have been at the state Department of Historic Resources for the last decade.

SUNDAY, April 27:

Jakarta, Indonesia -- General election campaign starts. Through May 23. News and photo coverage.

Upington, South Africa -- President Nelson Mandela addresses a National Freedom Day rally on the holiday commemorating the nation's first all-race election three years earlier.

Philadelphia -- Presidents' Summit on America's Future opens. Through April 29.

Chicago -- Opening of annual convention of Newspaper Association of America. Through April 30.