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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Ali Riza Alaboyun to meet U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

SPECIAL REPORT

G20: Turkey shows progress in developing Islamic finance

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ISTANBUL (AA) – Experts at a G20 conference on Islamic finance have pointed to Turkey's progress in developing the sector.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS – President Francois Hollande meets with French ombudsman Jacques Toubon. Discussions likely to include balance between rights and security in the wake of the Nov. 13 attacks.

PARIS – French Senators debate proposals to extend state of emergency for three months.

SPECIAL REPORT

By Hajer M'tiri

France's Muslims fear state backlash more than fellow citizens

PARIS (AA) – Spokesperson for Collective Against Islamophobia in France, Yasser Louati, speaks to Anadolu Agency.

SPAIN

SPECIAL REPORT

Netanyahu still faces arrest in Spain

By Alyssa McMurtry

MADRID (AA) - A Spanish judge is standing firm on his decision to reopen the case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others responsible for the Freedom Flotilla attacks if any of them step foot in Spain.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – World Health Organization update on Ebola situation in West Africa.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to address congress of junior coalition party, the Christian Social Union, amid growing row between partners over refugee policy.

GREECE

SPECIAL REPORT

Greek parliament passes bailout compromise bill

By Vasiliki Mitsiniotou

ATHENS (AA) – The Greek parliament has passed a controversial bill enacting economic reforms required by the bailout agreement with creditors.

UNITED KINGDOM

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia promotes 'anti-terror coalition'

By Zaki Shaikh and Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

LONDON (AA) – Russia is promoting its strategy for the Middle East, based on the idea of an 'anti-terror' coalition.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA – TRNC President Mustafa Akinci and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades to meet as part of ongoing peace negotiations.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard expected to be released from prison after serving 30 years.

MIDDLE EAST

YEMEN

ADEN – Landmines planted by Houthi militia halt advance of Hadi forces toward Taiz.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT

- 100,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled in West: UN

By Deepak Adhikari

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AA) – Some 100,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled in the United States and a handful of Western countries, the United Nations has said.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS – Peugeot announced on Thursday that it is ready to resume automobile production in Nigeria, provided that a local partner is found.

UGANDA

KAMPALA – French government to meet with World Food Programme in Uganda to offer financial aid to refugees. The aid is mainly aimed at Burundian refugees who are fleeing to Uganda

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE – Asylum-seeker boat, believed to have originated from Indonesia, towed away from Australian waters.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Thai police expected to announce results of lese majeste probe involving members of ruling military.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Indonesia reported to be offering Australia temporary use of island for refugee detention center. (MERITS)

SPECIAL REPORT

Japan slips into recession again

By Todd Crowell

TOKYO (AA) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who equates his economic policy interventions to the firing of samurai "arrows", needs a few more in his quiver as Japan slips into recession for the second time since 2012, when he and his party won power on a promise to turn things around.