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ANKARA

Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Monday, Nov. 22, 2014:

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to hold a press conference in Esenboga Airport before departing for Skopje, Macedonia.

ANKARA -- Turkish Parliament holds final discussions on 2015 budget.

ANKARA -- Parliamentary inquiry commission votes whether to send four former ministers accused of corruption to Constitutional Court.

ANKARA – Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Lutfi Elvan is the guest of The Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk at its headquarters in Ankara.

ISTANBUL -- Turkish business association TUSIAD and Istanbul-based Sabanci University hold conference on World Energy Outlook 2014. Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz will attend the conference.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK -- UN chief briefs media on his latest trip to Ebola-hit West African region.

NEW YORK -- UN Security Council discusses North Korea's human rights record for first time.

NEW YORK -- Developments following ambush-style murder of two New York policemen by a black man.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini visits Iraq to discuss challenges facing the region with regard to the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. 

FRANCE

DIJON -- Man drives into crowd in Dijon, France, on Sunday night, leaving 11 injured 

PARIS -- French President Hollande meets European Commissioner for Financial and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici. 

GERMANY

BERLIN -- Press conference of German government spokesmen will be followed.

TUNISIA

TUNIS – Follow up of presidential runoff, which was held Sunday. After counting most votes, leader of Nidaa Tounes Party Beji Caid Essebsi is leading runoff polls.

ALGERIA

ALGERIS – The President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas visits Algeria. The official visit at the invitation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika started Sunday.

UGANDA

KAMPALA -- South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma visits Kampala.

KAMPALA -- US citizen Ryan Gustafson appears in court for allegedly leading an international counterfeiting ring. He faces 25 years in prison.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL -- South Korean nuclear plant operator to hold anti-cyber attack drills following recent data leak and hacker threats.

THAILAND

BANGKOK -- Thailand’s election commission planning lawsuit for compensation for 3.8-billion-baht (over $115 million) in losses caused by voided February 2 election.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH -- Australian company Toll sells stake in Cambodia's beleaguered railway system amid community resettlement problems.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE -- Bicyclists ride in tribute to victims of Sydney siege, while showing solidarity with Muslim community with “illridewithu” hashtag.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Nigeria 2014: Bloodier, emboldened Boko Haram

By Rafiu Ajakaye, Olarewaju Kola

LAGOS (AA) - With an estimated 9,000 killed and nearly 1.5 million displaced, 2014 is considered the bloodiest of Boko Haram's five-year insurgency.

To underscore the severity of militant attacks this year, Nigeria Security Network, an NGO specialized in tracking casualties, said over 940 people were killed in insurgent attacks in November alone.

Ethiopian painter still going strong at 87

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA (AA) – Renowned Ethiopian painter Lemma Guya has just put the finishing touches on his goat skin-mounted portraits of the 53 African leaders who had founded the Organization of African Unity in 1963.

www.aa.com.tr/en