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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Central bank to announce decision on Turkish interest rates at 2 p.m. local time [1200GMT].

ANKARA – Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozkir to separately meet Danish ambassador Ruben Madsen and Slovakian ambassador Anna Turenicova.

SPECIAL REPORT

Key Turkish interest rate decision critical for economic growth

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The interest rate decision due on Tuesday from the Turkish central bank will have special importance for future economic growth in the country.

EUROPE

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU – Turkish parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade in Baku.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – UN to discuss highlights of 2015 and future challenges.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss humanitarian situation in Yemen.

SPECIAL REPORT

Argentine economy poised to recover in 2017

By Charles Newbery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AA) – Argentina’s new conservative government is setting the groundwork for sustainable economic growth after four years of stagnation and high inflation, economists say.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS - President Muhammadu Buhari to give budget speech

SPECIAL REPORTS

Nigeria: New minerals minister plans industry roadmap

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS (AA) – Nigeria's minister for solid minerals development has announced a roadmap to reposition the mining industry in the country.

KENYA

Kenyan slum dwellers battle 'flying toilets'

By Andrew Ross

NAIROBI (AA) – ‘Toilet humor’ is often a source of smirks or tittering in developed nations, but a lack of sanitation and plumbing in some parts of the world is no laughing matter.

MIDDLE EAST

ISRAEL

SPECIAL REPORT

Israel wants 'one-and-a-half state solution': Experts

By Anees Barghouty

JERUSALEM (AA) – Political observers agree that the latest visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Palestine and Israel was nothing but a declaration of withdrawal from the peace process by the current U.S. administration.

SOUTH ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL – Pro-Daesh ‘Caliphate Radio’ urges young Afghans in Jalalabad to join group’s global "jihad".

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – One passenger reportedly saved from sinking boat off Sulawesi, while more than 70 others remain missing after three days.

CHINA

BEIJING – Renowned Chinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang handed three-year suspended sentence on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and disturbing public order after being detained for 19 months.

HONG KONG

HONG KONG – Initial police investigation says two of the six men arrested for an explosion in a garbage bin outside the legislature are suspected members of radical ‘localist’ group.

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Central bank to announce decision on Turkish interest rates at 2 p.m. local time [1200GMT].

ANKARA – Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozkir to separately meet Danish ambassador Ruben Madsen and Slovakian ambassador Anna Turenicova.

SPECIAL REPORT

Key Turkish interest rate decision critical for economic growth

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The interest rate decision due on Tuesday from the Turkish central bank will have special importance for future economic growth in the country.

EUROPE

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU – Turkish parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade in Baku.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – UN to discuss highlights of 2015 and future challenges.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss humanitarian situation in Yemen.

SPECIAL REPORT

Argentine economy poised to recover in 2017

By Charles Newbery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AA) – Argentina’s new conservative government is setting the groundwork for sustainable economic growth after four years of stagnation and high inflation, economists say.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS - President Muhammadu Buhari to give budget speech

SPECIAL REPORTS

Nigeria: New minerals minister plans industry roadmap

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS (AA) – Nigeria's minister for solid minerals development has announced a roadmap to reposition the mining industry in the country.

KENYA

Kenyan slum dwellers battle 'flying toilets'

By Andrew Ross

NAIROBI (AA) – ‘Toilet humor’ is often a source of smirks or tittering in developed nations, but a lack of sanitation and plumbing in some parts of the world is no laughing matter.

MIDDLE EAST

ISRAEL

SPECIAL REPORT

Israel wants 'one-and-a-half state solution': Experts

By Anees Barghouty

SOUTH ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL – Pro-Daesh ‘Caliphate Radio’ urges young Afghans in Jalalabad to join group’s global "jihad".

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – One passenger reportedly saved from sinking boat off Sulawesi, while more than 70 others remain missing after three days.

CHINA

BEIJING – Renowned Chinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang handed three-year suspended sentence on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and disturbing public order after being detained for 19 months.

HONG KONG

HONG KONG – Initial police investigation says two of the six men arrested for an explosion in a garbage bin outside the legislature are suspected members of radical ‘localist’ group.