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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Turkish village chiefs at Presidential Palace in Ankara. Meeting will start at 1 p.m. local time.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testifies before House of Representatives committee on Russia's escalation in Syria.

WASHINGTON - Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes speaks at Center for Strategic & International Studies about U.S. policy towards Myanmar.

EUROPE

FRANCE

SPECIAL REPORT

COP21 a turning point but not the end: experts

By Hajer M'tiri

PARIS (AA) – Scientists and other experts speak to Anadolu Agency about expected outcomes of the UN climate Conference of Parties – COP21 – to be held on Nov.30 in Paris.

PARIS - Ministers to launch Framework of Action (FFA) agreed upon at World Education Forum in Incheon, May 2015 during 38th UNESCO General Conference.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – UNICEF Special Coordinator on Refugee and Migrant crisis in Europe, Marie-Pierre Poirier to hold a press conference after completing one-week mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM – Retrospective on career of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist for holding peace talks with Palestinians 20 years ago today.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Palestinian depicts new ‘intifada’ with fingers

By Hani Shaar

GAZA, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian art student is using her fingers to paint scenes of what some are calling a new intifada -- or ‘uprising’ -- against the Israeli occupation.

US spearheads efforts to retake Daesh stronghold

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The U.S. is leading an offensive to capture a key Daesh position in Raqqa, Syria, by sending in special operatives and organizing militant groups.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS – Nigerian Communications Authority has approved renewal of the MTN group's telecoms license after fining it $5.2 billion for irregularities.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zambia: Rampant inflation undermines economy

by Francis Maingaila

LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) – Controlling inflation has become a priority for Zambian central bank.

SOUTH ASIA

GUWAHATI, India (AA) – Tibet’s PM-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, has called on world leaders to support a free Tibet.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR - Concerns mount about 'fundamentally flawed' Myanmar election.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA – Abu Sayyaf demand $60 million for return of Filipina and three foreign hostages in new video.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Locals react to Google plans to provide internet by balloon in rural Indonesia starting next year.