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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk will cover on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015:

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Turkey's Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to address G20 meeting on international investment.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ubykh: The language that died with a man

By Burcu Arik

ISTANBUL (AA) - Sometimes an obituary for a man also means an obituary for a language, especially if his death breaks the last link to a living tongue. The passing of Tevfik Esenc was also the effective end of the north-western Caucasian language known as Ubykh.

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets EU leaders amid refugee crisis, escalating conflict in Syria.

MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA

ISRAEL/PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Israeli security cabinet meets over rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Parole panel decision on release of athlete Oscar Pistorius expected.

JOHANNESBURG - Striking coal miners planned protest over wage demands, country facing power shortages.

SOUTH ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Government forces repel Taliban attack on city of Maymana, more than week after insurgents captured Kunduz.

SOUTH EAST ASIA-PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - North Korea agrees to release South Korean student as both sides submit lists for exchanges.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Well known cartoonist detained, questioned by military over criticism of government in cartoons.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monk-led nationalists hold rally celebrating passage of race and religion laws condemned for targeting minorities, particularly Muslims.