* 60th V-E anniversary galas include a Red Square military parade, visiting heads of state attending, 10.00; joint wreath laying to the Unknown Soldier's Tomb, 11.30; and a gala reception on President Vladimir Putin's behalf, 12.00
* President Vladimir Putin has a number of bilateral conferences with the heads of foreign delegations to the 60th V-E anniversary galas.
* Red Square hosts a grand pageant, Bow to Those Glorious Years. The world's top-notch companies and individual performers take part. 20.00
* Left political parties and public organizations hold an authorized rally in Tverskoi Zastavy Square in honor of the 60th V-E anniversary. 11.00-14.00
* The international Middle East settlement mediator quartet holds conference. It will gather Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs; Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State; Javier Solana, European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy; Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General; and James Wolfensohn, Quartet special coordinator.
STRASBOURG
* The European Parliament holds a gala session on the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII.
DAMASCUS
* The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia opens one of its regular sessions, May 9-12.
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