WORLD AGENDA: World in September 2001 September 6: Violent land struggles gripping Zimbabwe head the agenda at a special Commonwealth meeting in the Nigerian capital Abuja. Ministers from Britain and African countries, including Zimbabwe, will discuss the growing crisis in which groups claiming to be veterans of the independence war have been encouraged by Robert MugabeŐs government to seize hundreds of white-owned farms across the former British colony September 9: The new Jewish Museum opens in Berlin, Germany with a week of festivities beginning with a concert conducted by Daniel Barenboim. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and President Johannes Rau will attend the opening of architect Daniel LibeskindŐs striking zinc-clad museum that hosts a permanent exhibition dedicated to centuries of German-Jewish history September 11: The opening of the annual session of the UN General Assembly coincides with events around the globe to mark the International Day of Peace, established by the United Nations 20 years ago September 11: The Latin Grammy Awards are due to go ahead in Miami, Florida but protests from the cityŐs Cuban exile community over the participation of performers from communist Cuba have prompted talk of moving the ceremony to a less sensitive location. The first Latin Grammy prize-giving was held last year in Los Angeles Mid-September: BritainŐs Concorde fleet is expected back in the skies following extensive tests and safety checks. All passenger flights on the luxury supersonic jets were suspended in July 2000 after an Air France Concorde crashed shortly after take-off from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, killing 113 people. Air France hopes to resume flights in October September 25: Pope John Paul II will make a two-day pilgrimage to Armenia to celebrate 1,700 years of the Christian Church in the former Soviet republic. Armenia proclaimed Christianity as its state religion in 301, the first country in the world to do so. The Pope is scheduled to visit the monastery at Echmiadzin, founded the same year by St. Gregory the Illuminator September 28: The biennial Ryder Cup golf tournament tees off at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England. The 34th clash between the U.S. and Europe sees home captain Sam TorranceŐs 12 men out to regain the trophy from the visitors led by Curtis Strange September 29: U.S. security forces are braced for up to 100,000 anti-globalisation protestors at the shortened IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington D.C. As officers are drafted in from neighbouring states, police chiefs will be paying close attention to the findings of an inquiry into the violence at the recent G8 summit in Genoa due before the Italian parliament on Sep 20. The Washington meetings have been cut from a week to two days to limit disruption Late September: The wreck of the Russian nuclear submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000, killing all 118 sailors on board, is due to be hoisted to the surface and towed ashore. A long and delicate US$70m operation to retrieve the Kursk, which still holds the bodies of most of the men, has been underway since June