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UPCOMING COVERAGE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 29:

SWEDEN-IRAQ CONFERENCE

STOCKHOLM, Sweden _ U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attend a U.N. conference on Iraq. Rice news conference at 0620GMT; closing news conference at 1615GMT. AP Photos.

FOOD PRICES

PARIS _ The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development release a study on the future of food prices. News conference at 1100GMT.

NATO-AFGHANISTAN

BRUSSELS, Belgium _ NATO's top general in Afghanistan, Gen. Dan McNeill, speaks to reporters at the alliance's headquarters by video link from Kabul before handing over command June 3. 0830GMT.

FRANCE-RUSSIA

PARIS _ Vladimir Putin visits France on his first visit as Russian prime minister.

GREECE-ACROPOLIS RALLY

TATOI, Greece _ Acropolis Rally starts. News conference scheduled for 1030GMT. AP Photos.

RUSSIA-JUDGES

MOSCOW _ U.N. study on independence of Russian judges and lawyers to be presented. Monitoring.

The AP