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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

KONYA – Turkish President Erdogan and Turkish PM Davutoglu to attend ceremony marking the 742nd death anniversary of Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic Mevlana Rumi in Konya province.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency Editors' Desk to host Turkish Interior Minister Ala.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Rediscovering Mevlana Rumi in his 742nd anniversary

By Humeyra Atilgan Buyukovali

ISTANBUL - Mevlana's teachings, popular in the West, reflect a multifaceted character, Rumi scholars and followers tell Anadolu Agency.

No panic in emerging markets after rate hike: experts

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA - There was no panic in emerging markets on Wednesday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates late on Wednesday.

EUROPE

BRUSSELS - Turkish PM Davutoglu to meet with German Chancellor Merkel, leaders of Sweden, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to discuss the refugee ''resettlement proposal''.

BRUSSELS - EU heads of government to gather for two-day summit to discuss the fight against terrorism, migration and the upcoming referendum in the U.K. over its future in the bloc.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres to hold press conference about the root causes of displacement.

GENEVA - UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on Burundi.

BIEL - Yemen peace talks to resume.

GERMANY

BERLIN – EU Commissioner for Migration Avramopoulos to hold talks on refugee crisis.

BERLIN – German parliament is expected to vote on extending military mission in Afghanistan by one year.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss terrorism financing, with a special focus on Daesh.

ARGENTINA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Argentina lifts capital controls after four years

By Charles Newberry

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine Finance and Treasury Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay said late Wednesday that a control on buying dollars in place since 2011 has been scrapped in a bid to rekindle economic growth.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Parliament set to announce new leaders of Corruption Eradication Commission after predecessors left posts amid row with police force.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Opposition and government hold first meeting to discuss transition of power after Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won last month’s election by a landslide.

CHINA

BEIJING – Number of miners trapped in coal shaft in northeast China reaches 19.