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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016
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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive district governors at presidential palace.
ISTANBUL - Caspian Strategy Institute news conference on 2016 energy economy, security.
ISTANBUL - SmartRail, Metro Eurasia to two-day hold rail, metro congress.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Turkey can surpass 'middle income trap' says World Bank
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey can beat the ‘middle income trap’ through further growth, the World Bank’s new country director told Anadolu Agency.
EUROPE
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk to introduce exhibition Museum of Innocence.
LONDON - Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to give evidence to House of Lords on U.K.’s vision of EU reform.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Bavarian government expected to demand upper-limit on refugees amid opposition to open-door policy for refugees.
FRANCE
PARIS - Taxi drivers to stage a one-day strike in protest against Uber cabs.
SPECIAL REPORT:
France jockeying for Iranian business after nuke deal
By Hajer M’tiri
PARIS (AA) - Iran and France are to usher in a new era of economic and political partnership, analysts said, as France prepares for the visit of President Hassan Rouhani following the lifting of sanctions.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Leaders of Turkey’s People’s Democratic Party (HDP) to attend conference on the EU, Turkey and Kurds at European Parliament.
BRUSSELS - Yiannakis Omirou, president of Greek Cypriot parliament, to make joint statements with European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - UN officials to give update on humanitarian situation in Syria.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hold quarterly debate on situation in Middle East.
AFRICA
NIGERIA
ABUJA - Nigerian central bank to make decision on devaluation of naira.
ZAMBIA
SPECIAL REPORT:
Maize imports raise prices and risk to consumers
By Francis Maingalia
LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) - The government's plan to import maize from South America could raise the price of staple foods and see more genetically modified products on the market.
LIBERIA
MONROVIA - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warns of threat to economy.
SOUTH ASIA
INDIA
NEW DELHI - French President Francois Hollande to attend reception given by President Pranab Mukherjee as India celebrates Republic Day.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia lawmakers to discuss on U.S.-led regional trade pact.
KUALA LUMPUR - Attorney general announces Prime Minister Najib Razak cleared in probe into $681 million donation from Saudi royal family.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Popularity of life-like dolls treated as children causing concern, trend reflects traditional practices involving spirits of dead children.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to hold meetings with Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong, Prime Minister Hun Sen.
