Games:

• Soul Calibur XBLA (800 MS Points)
• Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (360, Wii, PS2, PS3)
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (DS)

World:

• Monday 30: Zimbabwe turmoil.
• Tuesday 1: Dutch ban smoking.
• Wednesday 2: Zimbabwe cricket ban.
• Friday 4: US opens Berlin embassy; Tour de France; Women bishops.
• Saturday 6: Pamplona bull run.

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Games

MONDAY 30

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (360, Wii, PS2, PS3) 

Journey to the Center of the Earth (DS)

1 vs. 100 (DS)

Roogoo (PC) 

WEDNESDAY 2

Dungeon Runners (PC) 

Fading Shadows (PSP)

Hail to the Chimp (360, PS3) 

Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (DS) 

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VC

WiiWare

Magnetica™ Twist (Nintendo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, 1,000 Wii Points)

VirtualConsole

FATAL FURY 2 (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen-Animated Blood, Violence, 900 Wii Points)

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XBLA

Soul Calibur (800 MS Points)

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DVD and Hi Def

City of Men

Vantage Point (also on Blu-Ray)

Batman: The Movie (Adam West)

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Theater

Hancock

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Box Office

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World

MONDAY 30

Zimbabwe turmoil The situation in Zimbabwe is to be discussed at the African Union Summit in Egypt (to July 1). Before last week’s election run-off, Robert Mugabe had promised to attend and confront his critics.

Asia Europe partnership The European Commission hosts the first social partners’ forum with Asem, the Asia Europe Meeting, in Brussels (to July 1) with employment commissioners from the two regions.

Rice to China Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, meets Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi and seeks to restart North Korea talks.

Fund forum Barcelona hosts Europe’s largest fund management event (to July 4) including a “credit crunch think-tank”.

Energy exchange The International Energy Agency in Paris hosts a conference (to July 2) about global policy and divergent views about the future.

UN development talks Biofuel cultivation and climate change are on the agenda when the United Nations economic and social council addresses political leaders in New York (to July 3). The policy session runs till July 24.

Blood diamonds NGOs and industry delegates discuss moves to eliminate the trade in gems from areas of conflict (so-called blood diamonds) at the World Diamond Council annual meeting in Antwerp (to July 1).

FT Reports
Energy, Hong Kong

TUESDAY 1

UN Syria visit A special committee on how Israeli practices affect the rights of Arabs goes to Syria (to July 5).

UN China visit Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, meets Chinese leaders and the UN country team (to July 3).

EU presidency As France takes over the EU presidency from Slovenia, José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, visits Paris to discuss with French president Nicolas Sarkozy the Brussels agenda – defence in particular – for the next six months.

Dutch ban smoking Smoking tobacco in enclosed spaces is banned throughout the Netherlands. Visitors to Amsterdam’s coffee houses may smoke marijuana, provided it is not mixed with tobacco.

Buenos Aires summit South American heads of state, including Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Nicanor Duarte Frutos of Paraguay, Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, attend the Mercosur summit in the Argentine capital.

Helicopter conference Nato hosts the Transport Helicopter Conference in Brussels (to July 2) to discuss alleviating logistical shortfalls in Afghanistan.

Tbilisi summit Heads of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova meet in Tbilisi to promote democracy, economic development and stepping up the region’s integration into Europe.

Europe security review Conflict prevention, the trafficking of weapons, drugs and human beings, and post-conflict rehabilitation are on the agenda for the 56 countries of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which meets for two days in Vienna.

OECD seed initiative The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development hosts a two-day conference in Chicago on certified seeds and removing barriers to the international food trade.

WEDNESDAY 2

Israel democracy conference Ehud Olmert, Israeli prime minister, addresses the 16th Caesarea conference (to July 3) in Eilat, an annual event organised by the Israel Democracy Institute.

EuroMed trade talks Trade representatives of the 27 EU countries and 13 Mediterranean partners gather in Marseilles for the first ministerial meeting under the French EU presidency.

Middle East peace meeting Masahiko Komura, Japan’s foreign minister, hold talks in Tokyo on the peace process with ministers from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.

Gibraltar forum David Miliband, UK foreign secretary, meets his Spanish counterpart, Miguel Angel Moratinos, in London to discuss the future of Gibraltar.

Zimbabwe cricket ban The International Cricket Council, meeting in Dubai, is expected to suspend Zimbabwe from international cricket.

FT Reports
Kazakhstan

THURSDAY 3

Food focus The EU hosts a Brussels conference on the theme “Who will feed the world?”

FT Reports

Healthcare

FRIDAY 4

US opens Berlin embassy Former US president George H.W. Bush leads Independence Day celebrations in Europe by opening a Berlin embassy.

Tour de France The world’s largest cycling event begins in Brittany (to July 27). The opening ceremony is on Saturday.

Women bishops The general synod of the Church of England, meeting in York (to July 9), discusses women bishops.

Polar research St Petersburg hosts the 30th biennial Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research science week (to July 7). A joint SCAR International Arctic Science Committee conference follows (July 8-11).

SATURDAY 6

Pamplona bull run The San Fermin festival takes place in Pamplona, Spain, with its bull running which dates back to 1591 (to July 14).

Climate gathering How global warming affects management, political sciences and information technology is on the agenda at the Global Conference on Global Warming in Istanbul (until July 10).

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