A look at what could be dominating the headlines around the world this week - and some key background on those events.
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Facing a crisis: An emergency meeting of Commonwealth ministers is convened in London to address the situation in Pakistan, where the prime minister has declared a state of emergency, postponing elections.
Rising temperatures: The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change opens a meeting in Valencia, southern Spain to present its fourth and final report in 2007 on global warming.
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Counting the minutes: A watch belonging to Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, is to be auctioned by Christies in the Swiss city of Geneva. The timepiece is expected to fetch up to 240,000 euros ($353,000)
In a new light: Poland's Czartoryski Museum promises revelations about Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine, after photographing it with a special camera. The painting is believed to have been created some two decades before the Mona Lisa.
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER
Emergency: The international humanitarian organisation, the Red Cross, holds a conference on the situation in Iraq. The organisation says that the daily lives of many Iraqis continue to deteriorate.
Fall of Kabul: Tuesday marks six years to the day of the fall of the Taleban-controlled Afghan capital. Northern Alliance forces, backed by US troops, forced them out of the city.
Silencing satire: Two cartoonists accused of lese-majeste for caricaturing Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and his wife making love go on trial in Madrid.
WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER
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Tibetan leader: Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is expected to visit Japan.
Warming relations: The prime ministers of North and South Korea meet in Seoul to follow up agreements made at a landmark October summit between the two countries. The meeting was the second ever summit in the two states' history.
Cooling relations: French rail unions and Paris public transport workers are expected to strike, in what observers say could be the first major battle over President Nicolas Sarkozy's economic reform plans. Rail union leaders have called for an indefinite strike, and students are said to be preparing to blockade rail stations. Employees of utility firms EDF and GDF are also expected to down tools.
THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER
Into Africa: US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tours the Tanzanian city of Arusha before continuing his tour of the region with trips to South Africa and Ghana.
Fair trading: Ministers from the Group of 20 emerging nations meet in Geneva to try to reach agreement on trade negotiations. The World Trade Organisation is seeking to open up markets to encourage trade between nations. Developing countries fear their economies will collapse if markets are flooded with cheap goods.
From Freetown: Sierra Leone's newly-elected President Ernest Bai Koroma is to be officially inaugurated.
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER
Riot charge: Ethnic Russians accused of inciting a public riot following the removal of a Soviet war memorial from the Estonian capital, Tallinn, go on trial. One person was killed in the violence.
SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER
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Man in red: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez embarks on an international tour which will include visits to France, Britain and Portugal after a meeting of oil-producing nations group, Opec.
Port protest: Members of Italy's Radical Party demonstrate in the northern Italian city of Genoa to support 25 people accused of rioting during a G8 summit in the city, in July 2001.
SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER
Long legacy: An international conference on landmines - which continue to cause death and injury long after a conflict ends - takes place in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Orchid summit: The 10 south-east Asian states who are members of the Asean organisation are to hold their 13th summit in Singapore.
This guide to the week ahead is not intended as an exhaustive list, and the events noted may be cancelled or postponed.
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