EUROPE NEWS AT 0700 GMT

UPCOMING FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3:

ITALY-POPE-SICILY

PALERMO, Sicily — Sicilians hope Benedict XVI's first visit to Sicily as pontiff will help stir consciences on an island where the Mafia long held sway. They are also appealing for the pope to declare an anti-Mafia priest who was slain by the mob in 1993 a martyr, paving the way for possible sainthood. Pope's first appearance at 0800 GMT.

BOSNIA-ELECTIONS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnians vote in a general election likely to further entrench the country's ethnic divisions, threatening closer ties to the West and possible EU entry. Polls close 1700 GMT, first results expected 2100 GMT.

BRITAIN-CONSERVATIVES

LONDON — Britain's Conservative Party holds its annual conference, the first since the British national election. David Cameron speaks on Wednesday.

KOSOVO-SERB CHURCH

PEC, Kosovo — Serbia's President Boris Tadic and other senior officials to attend the enthronement of the head of Serbia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej in the medieval patriarchy in the western town of Pec, amid security concerns. Pec was among the most hard-hit areas by Serb forces during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

HUNGARY-ELECTIONS

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Prime Minister Viktor Orban's center-right Fidesz party seeks to repeat its landslide win from April's parliamentary elections in Sunday's nationwide municipal elections. Budapest, guided by retiring liberal mayor Gabor Demszky since 1990, is also expected to go to the Fidesz candidate. Polling stations open from 0400 to 1700 GMT.

GREECE-CHINA

ATHENS, Greece — Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on second day of official visit to Greece. Delivers address in Greek Parliament at 0730GMT, visits archaeological museum and Acropolis, meets with opposition leader Andonis Samaras.

GERMANY-REUNIFICATION

BERLIN — Germany marks the 20th anniversary of reunification, with events in Bremen and Berlin.

GERMANY-GREECE

BERLIN — Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to be honored for his "strength of truthfulness" at a ceremony held by a private foundation.

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