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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozkir to meet ambassadors of EU states.

SPECIAL REPORT

- Turkish central bank sees continued economic growth this year

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish economy should see continuing moderate economic growth, according to the minutes of the last monetary policy committee meeting of the central bank on Nov. 24, released late on Tuesday.

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks on Berlin’s economic and military support to Afghanistan.

SWITZERLAND

ZURICH – FIFA Executive Committee meeting; reform proposals to be presented

SPECIAL REPORTS

- UNICEF: 185 refugee children die in Aegean Sea in 2015

By Fatih Erel

GENEVA – Some 185 refugee children have died in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece in 2015 so far, UNICEF spokesperson Sarah Crowe tells Anadolu Agency.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hold meeting on destruction of Syria's remaining chemical-weapons production facilities.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA, South Africa (AA) – President Jacob Zuma will host Chinese President Xi Jinping on a state visit.

NIGERIA

SPECIAL REPORT

- Political uncertainty pressures Nigerian stocks lower

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Weak direction from the government on the economy is a major cause of investor flight from the Nigerian stock exchange, experts tell Anadolu Agency.

MIDDLE EAST

QATAR

DOHA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to have bilateral meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani.

- Erdogan to attend the first session of ‘High-Level Strategic Committee’ between Turkey and Qatar.

KUWAIT

KUWAIT CITY – IMF report says low oil prices are creating challenges for the Kuwaiti economy

PALESTINE

- 108 Palestinians killed in two months of Jerusalem 'intifada'

By Anees Barghouti

JERUSALEM (AA) – Two months have passed since the beginning of what some are calling a new Palestinian ‘intifada’ [uprising] in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR

YANGON – Myanmar president meets NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss transfer of power.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA – Philippines flag replaces Daesh flag at 50-hectare camp of new radical group overrun by Marines after bloody firefight that left eight gunmen dead in the Muslim south last week.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Deputy home minister confirms 72 Malaysians identified as joining Daesh, while 15 have died in fighting.