DIARY - Political and General News Events = 3
MONDAY, FEB 25
SEOUL - Inauguration of South Korea's new president, Lee Myung-bak. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expected to attend.
SEOUL - Former judge Chung Ho-young's investigation into whether president-elect Lee Myung-bak was linked to a securities firm suspected of cheating investors out of tens of millions of dollars, expected to be complete. ** HAVANA - Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the most senior Vatican official after the Pope, is expected to meet with acting President Raul Castro on his visit to Cuba.
SAO PAULO - The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture expects an EU inspection mission to arrive in Brazil, after EU banned Brazilian beef as of Jan. 31.
CAMP PENDLETON, California - Court-martial of Staff Sgt Frank Wuterich, accused of leading his unit in killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
CHICAGO - David Radler, one-time president of media giant Hollinger International Inc, to surrender after he admitted to a scheme to swindle Hollinger and its shareholders out of millions of dollars. A U.S. judge sentenced Radler to 29 months in prison and a fine of $250,000.
MALATYA, Turkey - Third hearing in trial of suspects accused of slitting the throats of three Christians in a Bible publishing house last April in the eastern town of Malatya.
