MADRID _ Opponents of abortion stage a rally against a bill that would ease Spain's strict law on ending pregnancies.

TOKYO _ Tokyo International Film Festival opens. Through Oct. 25.

NEW DELHI, India _ Diwali, festival of lights, national holiday.

HAVANA _ Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrives for talks with Cuban officials.

Sunday Oct. 18:

No major events added.

Monday, Oct. 19:

LONDON _ Announcement of third winner of US$5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.

KAMPALA, Uganda _ African Union holds five-day heads of state and government summit on refugees. Through Oct. 23.

VIENNA _ Russian, French, British and U.S. officials meet Iranian counterparts on tentative deal to ship Iranian low-enriched uranium to Russia for high enrichment and return to Tehran as reactor fuel.

NICOSIA _ Greek Prime minister George Papandreou visits for talks with President Dimitris Christofias amid yearlong negotiations to reunify the ethnically split island.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands _ A Darfur rebel leader appears for a pretrial hearing at the International Criminal Court charged with involvement in a deadly attack on African Union peacekeepers.

NEW YORK _ Trial of Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative.

WASHINGTON _ Defense Secretary Robert Gates visits Japan, South Korea and Slovakia. Through Oct. 23.

Tuesday, Oct. 20:

NIAMEY, Niger _ Parliamentary elections.

TOKYO _ U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives for 2-day visit.

JAKARTA, Indonesia _ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sworn in for another 5-year-term.

MANILA, Philippines _ Presidential aspirants take part in a debate organized by the U.N. office and Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines.

SEOUL, South Korea _ South Korea's environment minister meets reporters from foreign media organizations.

TOKYO _ Toyota shows new hybrid model called Sai.

TOKYO _ Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks at Japan National Press Club.

WASHINGTON _ Vice President Joe Biden visits Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic. Through Oct. 24.

WASHINGTON _ Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and national security adviser James Jones speak at a conference on U.S.-Iraq business and investment.

TOLEDO, Ohio _ Sentencing for two men _ Mohammad Amawi, Marwan El-Hindi _ convicted a year ago of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq. Both could get up to life in prison.

Wednesday, Oct. 21:

WASHINGTON _ Officials from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank release a report on vaccines and immunization.

WASHINGTON _ House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Myanmar.

Thursday, Oct. 22:

NEW DELHI, India _ High-level conference on climate change, organized by the Government of India and the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Through Oct. 23.

TOKYO _ Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks at Foreign Correspondents' Club.

WASHINGTON _ Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on NATO.

Friday, Oct. 23:

PARIS _ Trial into alleged smear campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy closes.

Saturday, Oct. 24:

NEW DELHI _ Osian's Cinefan film festival, for Asia and Arab films. Through Oct. 30.

Sunday, Oct. 25:

TUNIS, Tunisia _ Tunisians vote for president, with incumbent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali the front-runner in his bid for a fifth term.