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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories).

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to meet members of the Council of Higher Education and hold a meeting with foreign investors in Turkey.

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to issue three-month jobless report at 10 a.m. local time [0800GMT].

Moody's: Fed rate hike could be delayed

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to delay its next rate hike, Moody's has said, citing a specific economic indicator that the Fed particularly takes into account.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present comprehensive plan of action to prevent violent extremism.

NEW YORK – UN chief's special adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, to give briefing on current state of negotiations.

WASHINGTON – Inflation report on producer prices is due from U.S. Department of Labor at 15:30 local time. [1530GMT]

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

TUNISIA
TUNIS – In second part of a special interview, leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannoushi talks to Anadolu Agency about challenges Daesh poses to Middle East region.


PALESTINE

RAMALLAH – Ahmad Dawabsheh, the sole survivor of a deadly arson attack on his family's home by Israeli extremists, talks to Anadolu Agency in a special interview about his upcoming meeting with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORTS

Zimbabwe eyes tourism market
By Wallace Mawire
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Zimbabwe has developed a master plan to bring more tourists to the country.

Eritrea attempts economic makeover
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) – Eritrea moving ahead with economic reforms and even a new currency.

Over 3,000 Maasai men ‘graduate’ into warriors
By Magdalene Mukami
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Around 3,200 young Maasai men emerged from month-long seclusion recently in a traditional ceremony that will allow them to establish themselves in society and start families.

SOUTH ASIA

Nepal quake survivors face winter chill, gov't apathy
By Deepak Adhikari
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AA) – Standing on the rickety wooden stairs of her modest four-story mud-and-brick home in a narrow street of Bhaktapur, Ashmaya Suwal recalls the day her life fell apart.


SE ASIA-PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Police arrest three suspects over links to assault on capital in which seven people died, including attackers.

JAPAN

TOKYO – At least 14 people die after bus carrying skiers veers off mountain road in central Japan.

SPECIAL REPORT
Taiwan's Muslim community may be small, but it has high hopes for Saturday's election
By Tevfik Durul
TAIPEI (AA) – Community leader says no election promises geared towards Muslims as community is so small.