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Main topics Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover Friday, May 29, 2015
ANKARA
Here are the main stories Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk is planning to cover on Friday, May 29, 2015:
*TURKEY
ADANA - President Erdogan to pay visit to Adana.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
- Greece and creditors in dangerous standoff: Economists
by Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA (AA) - In the battle over a bailout for Greece, neither the creditors nor the Greek government seem willing to concede. But a failure to agree could have consequences not just for Greece, or Europe, but for the entire world economy, international economists told Anadolu Agency on Friday.
*EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - European commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy to hold press conference on Syrian crisis.
GERMANY
BERLIN –British PM Cameron meets Chancellor Merkel as part of European tour to discuss terms of U.K.’s membership in EU.
SWITZERLAND
ZURICH - Covering 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich and FIFA presidential elections
*AMERICAS
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - A group of anti-Muslim activists to organize Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in front of Arizona mosque.
WASHINGTON - US designation of Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism to expire amid ongoing detente between Cold War allies.
Special Reports:
Senate set for metadata dragnet showdown
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) – Major showdown between privacy rights advocates and security hardliners set to take place Sunday in Senate as lawmakers prepare to take up revised security powers for America’s intelligence community.
Obama warns NATO of wider Daesh spillover
By Kasim Ileri and Ilgin Karlidag
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (AA) – President Barack Obama's call this week for NATO to fortify its southern front has been interpreted by some as an attempt get the alliance to assume a role in helping to end the Mideast turmoil.
*SOUTH ASIA
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL – Afghan government plans to coordinate topics for Friday sermons to ensure spread of peaceful message of Islam
*MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
NIGERIA - Muhammadu Buhari to be inaugurated as new president of Nigeria at ceremony in Abuja
SPECIAL REPORTS:
-Poverty forces Arabs to work on Israeli settlements
By Anees Barghouthy
JERUSALEM (AA) – Pressured by poverty and a chronic lack of employment, many Palestinians and Syrians have resorted to the unpalatable option of working on Jewish-only Israeli settlements built on occupied Arab land. "I'm not happy about working on an Israeli settlement, but I don't have any another option," Karim Mutasem, who works on a settlement near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, told Anadolu Agency.
-Dog breeding now source of income in Zimbabwe
By John Cassim
HARARE (AA) – Dogs have always been regarded as "man's best friend." But in recent years, that friendship has become a means of livelihood for many Zimbabweans. Just a couple years ago, few people in Zimbabwe – mostly whites – could be seen walking their dogs at the country's shopping malls.
*SE ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Thailand hosts meeting on regional boat people crisis, attended by representatives from 17 countries.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Jakarta court rules that top anti-graft body – which has been embroiled in dispute with police – conducted illegal investigation by using independent investigators.
JAPAN
TOKYO -- Authorities issue warning urging all residents to evacuate southwest Kuchinoerabu island after volcanic eruption.
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