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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday Oct. 23, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend industry and trade fair, open mosque.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to attend labor union assembly.

SPECIAL REPORT: Turkey’s plan to upgrade technology

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - In an interview with Anadolu Agency, the managing director of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey explained the plan for an upgrade for Turkish technology.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS - Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius meets UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to discuss conflict.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Foreign affairs chiefs of U.S., Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia meet to discuss conflict in Syria.

GREECE

ATHENS - French President Francois Hollande visiting. Focus on Greek financial situation.

SPECIAL REPORT: Challenge of recapitalizing Greek banks

By Vasiliki Mitsiniotou

ATHENS (AA) - Greek banks face challenges as they prepare for recapitalization with bailout funds, analysts told Anadolu Agency on Friday.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - Muslims to protest Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's remarks over closing mosques.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma to meet university heads, students in effort to end protests against tuition fee hikes.

CHAD

NDJAMENA - Fall in oil prices, insurgency behind doubling of Chadian budget deficit for 2016.

UGANDA

SPECIAL REPORT: Government seeks looser controls on spending

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - The Ugandan government is trying to pass a bill that would relax controls on spending.

MIDDLE EAST

YEMEN

TAIZ - 29 civilians killed in Houthi shelling in central Yemen.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Prime Minister Hun Sen appoints second son as head of military intelligence.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Global Witness NGO report says corrupt trade in jade linked to military.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thailand’s “single internet gateway” hacked in protest at Junta's plan to control online content.

ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Cricket a victim of mounting Pakistan-India tension

By Aamir Latif

PAKISTAN (AA) - Cricket, South Asia’s most popular sport, appears to be the latest victim of growing tension between arch-rivals Pakistan and India.