Games

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (360, PS3)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection (PS2)
• Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS)
• Sega Superstars Tennis (PS3, PS2, Wii, 360, DS)

World

• Tuesday 18: McCain on tour.
• Thursday 20: Tunisian independence. Caribbean summit with US.
• Friday 21: International race day.
• Saturday 22: World water day.

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Games

Dance! Online (PC)

Diary Girl (DS)

Fantasy Aquarium (DS)

GoPets: Vacation Island (DS)

Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (PS3)

Karoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (PS3)

Lost in Blue 3 (DS)

Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection (PS2)

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS)

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)

Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (PS2)

Sega Superstars Tennis (PS3, PS2, Wii, 360, DS)

Singstar 90s (PS2)

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (360, PS3)

Worms: A Space Oddity (Wii)

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VC

Spelunker (NES, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points)

SUPER R-TYPE (Super NES, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone Mild Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points)

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XBLA

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DVD and Hi Def

I Am Legend (also on Blu-Ray and HD DVD)

Enchanted (also on Blu-Ray)

Conspiracy

Revolver

Battlestar Galactica: Season 3

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Theater

Drillbit Taylor

Meet the Browns

Shutter

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Box Office

1. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who $45.1/$45.1
2. 10,000 B.C. $16.4/$61.2
3. Never Back Down $8.6/$8.6
4. College Road Trip $7.8/$24.2
5. Vantage Point $5.4/$59.2
6. The Bank Job $4.9/$13.1
7. Doomsday $4.7/$4.7
8. Semi-Pro $3.0/$29.8
9. The Other Boleyn Girl $2.9/$19.1
10. The Spiderwick Chronicles $2.3/$65.4
11. Jumper $2.1/$75.7
12. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day $1.9/$5.3

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World

MONDAY 17

CIBA Business Forum The Commonwealth Business Council hosts the 2008 China India Brazil Africa Business Forum in Cape Town, South Africa (to March 18).

Pakistan’s new parliament President Pervez Musharraf is due to convene the new parliament. The Pakistan People’s party is to forge an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and their candidate is expected to be elected prime minister.

Rock’s loan facility Northern Rock’s Bank of England loan facility is due to expire. The loan had been extended until today to allow time to analyse the proposed financing structure with Northern Rock and interested parties.

Civil and political rights The Human Rights Committee is due to consider reports by various governments on measures to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (to April 4).

US and Russia in talks Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, and Robert Gates, the defence secretary, are due to visit Russia to meet Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, and Anatoliy Serdyukov, the defence minister (to March 18).

Blair to visit India Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, is to visit India to discuss the transfer of clean technologies between developed and developing countries (to March 23).

France commemorates A state funeral is due to be held at Les Invalides, Paris, for Lazare Ponticelli, the last French veteran of the first world war. Mr Ponticelli died on March 12. He was 110 years old.

FT Reports Art of Our Times

TUESDAY 18

McCain on tour John McCain, the US Republican presidential candidate, is due to start a tour of Israel, the UK and France and is expected to meet their political leaders (to March 20).

Nominees for London mayor The official nomination process for the candidates to the London mayoral and London assembly elections is scheduled to open.

Sign of the times British Sign Language Recognition Day is due to be marked on the day the UK government recognised BSL as a language in its own right in 2003, although it has no legal status.

WEDNESDAY 19

US and Georgia to meet Mikheil Saakashvili, the president of Georgia, is due to visit the US to meet President George W. Bush to discuss issues including global security, Georgia’s democratic reform process and energy security.

New governor at BoJ The Bank of Japan is expected to elect a new governor as Toshihiko Fukui’s five-year term ends today. The government’s official candidate is Toshiro Muto, previously of the Ministry of Finance.

Dubai Fashion Week Dubai International Fashion Week brings together celebrated and upcoming designers in the region and previews collections from domestic and global designers (to March 22).

Russian visit to Syria Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, is scheduled to visit Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories in an effort to gain support for a regional summit in Moscow.

FT Reports Investing in Japan 2008

THURSDAY 20

New Belgian leader Guy Verhofstadt, Belgium’s prime minister, is due to step down to be replaced by the prime minister-elect, Flemish Christian Democrat, Yves Leterme.

Tunisian independence The Republic of Tunisia is due to mark independence from France, which the country gained in 1956, with its National Day.

Caribbean summit with US George W. Bush, US president, is due to meet Hubert Ingraham, the prime minister of the Bahamas, David Thompson, premier of Barbados, and Dean Barrow, the Belize prime minister, for talks.

Summit in Japan Lee Myung-bak, the South Korean president, is due to hold his first meeting with Yasuo Fukada, the Japanese prime minister (to March 21).

FRIDAY 21

Cyprus’s leaders meet Dimitris Christofias, the new president of Cyprus, is expected to meet Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish Cypriot leader, at the United Nations Protected Area in Nicosia to discuss reunification.

International race day The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will be held to mark the day in 1960, when 69 people were killed at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid “pass laws”, in Sharpeville, South Africa.

Iranian nuclear power Iran’s first nuclear power plant is due to become operational.

New York Auto Show New York International Automobile Show, one of the world’s longest-running motoring expos, is expected to attract more than 1m visitors (to March 30).

SATURDAY 22

World Water Day The United Nations’ World Water Day is marked. The UN says that by 2025, 1.8bn people will be living in countries or regions with water scarcity.

Elections in Taiwan The Taiwan election for the presidency of the Republic of China is to be held alongside a referendum on joining the United Nations under the name Taiwan, rather than as the RoC. The country has not held a seat on the UN since 1971.

SUNDAY 23

China Development Forum The China Development Forum 2008, organised by the Development Research Center of the State Council, is due to be attended by local and global business leaders (to March 24).

Sri Lankan leader in Israel Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, the Sri Lankan prime minister, is due to visit Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories (to March 27).

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