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ANKARA

Here are the main stories the Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk is planning to cover on Wednesday, May 27, 2015:

TURKEY

ANKARA, USAK, AYDIN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the mass inauguration ceremonies in three different provinces, Ankara, Usak and Aydin.

ISTANBUL - Turkish PM Davutoglu attends the presentation ceremony of domestic passenger aircraft project, at Halic Congress Center, Istanbul.

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Turkey 10th most attractive FDI destination in Europe: E&Y

By Andrew Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey has become the tenth most attractive foreign direct investment destination in Europe in 2014, global consultancy Ernst & Young said in a report released on Wednesday.

- An interview with the man who forced supermarkets to give away food

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - In four months, Arash Derambarsh led a movement that got a law forcing supermarkets to give charity in France. "Now, we will see that law passed in every country in the world," Derambarsh told Anadolu Agency in an interview.

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - UN's Ban Ki-moon meets with Juncker and European Council president Donald Tusk in Brussels. 

GERMANY

BERLIN – German cabinet expected to approve draft legislation that would make mandatory for telecommunication companies to store data of telephone use and computer IP addresses for 10 weeks. 

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg continues visit, to meet with John Kerry, National Security Advisor Susan Rice, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work.

SOUTH ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL – Afghan religious ministry launches plan to counter violent interpretations of Islam, plans to coordinate message for Friday sermons in the country.

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

NIGERIA

ABUJA - President Goodluck Jonathan chairs valedictory cabinet meeting.

KUWAIT

KUWAIT CITY - Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu participates IN 42nd OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) FM meeting in Kuwait. 

EGYPT

CAIRO - Ongoing Egypt-hosted conference of Libyan tribes.

CAIRO - The second and final day of Egypt's opening of Rafah crossing with Gaza.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Early Ethiopian general elections.

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Matthias Mugisha: Capturing Uganda's beauty on camera

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA (AA) – Matthias Mugisha, a 46-year-old, award-winning photographer, is taking the popular saying, "Uganda gifted by nature," to the next level. "With nature, I don't have to ask permission from anybody or pay to photograph a bird," Mugisha told Anadolu Agency in an interview.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC 

MYANMAR

YANGON - Buddhists in Myanmar to rally against alleged foreign pressure for repatriation of Rohingya.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police chief "confident" that there is no more mass graves of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in areas on Thai border.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA (AA) - Grenade blast outside police station in Philippines Muslim south leaves one policeman injured.

SPORTS

POLAND

WARSAW - Dnipro meet Sevilla in Europa League final. The match kicks off at 20:45 CET (1845GMT).