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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015:

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey's new interim Cabinet to hold its first meeting headed by PM Davutoglu.

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency to launch its Persian wire service and open office in Tehran.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

- New $30 computer challenges PC makers 

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - The Remix Mini will ship to 125 countries in October challenging PC makers worldwide.

- Greece to sell valuable assets in privatization plan

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - The Greek government is to sell off a wide range of valuable assets as part of its privatization plan mandated by the bailout. Ports, marinas, sewage companies, utilities, even a castle in Corfu are all up for grabs.

EUROPE

GERMANY

BERLIN – German Chancellor Merkel meets Spanish PM Rajoy to discuss EU efforts to respond to a growing refugee crisis.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mustafa Akinci and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades to meet at UN office in island's buffer zone as part of ongoing peace talks.

AMERICAS 

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Kerry to deliver a speech on the nuclear agreement with Iran in Philadelphia. 

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Iraqi government to begin implementing major security measures in Baghdad in order to combat car bombs.

UAE

ABU DHABI - Election commission says 76 Emirati women to run in October parliamentary elections.

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Poverty increases diabetes risk for Gazan children

By Ali Abo-Rezeg

GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Many Gazan parents are unable to buy diabetes test strips for their sick children due to poverty. 

SOUTH ASIA

BHOPAL, India – Debate in India over right-wing group's push to rename roads in Delhi, initially named after Muslim rulers from historical Mughal and Lodhi dynasties.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC 

THAILAND 

BANGKOK – Prime suspect in Bangkok shrine bombing reported to be hiding in Cambodia.

BANGKOK - Thai court dismisses charges against two journalists charged with defaming navy over Rohingya smuggling.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – Japanese newspaper provokes South Korean anger over comparison of president with empress slain by Japanese.