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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts science, technology awards at presidential palace.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu news conference before trip to Azerbaijan.

ANKARA - Monthly inflation report from Turkish Statistical Institute, 10 a.m. local time (0800GMT).

SPECIAL REPORT: Inflation stabilizes as Turkish economy grows

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - With inflation stabilizing in recent months, domestic demand continues to drive economic growth in Turkey.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS - COP21 climate change meeting speech by Al Gore on carbon risk.

GERMANY

FRANKFURT - European Central Bank to announce interest rate decision, expected expansion of stimulus program, 2.45 p.m. local time (1245GMT).

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU justice, home affairs ministers to discuss border security.

BRUSSELS - Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozkir to meet EU commissioners for enlargement, energy, agriculture.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization releases report on global impact of contaminated food.

GENEVA - Turkey’s record on tackling racism scrutinized by UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders to boost reunification talks.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - OSCE meeting of more than 50 foreign ministers. Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu expected to discuss tensions with Russia’s Sergei Lavrov.

GREECE

ATHENS - General strike against austerity measures.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Ministry of Defense to release further detail on overnight British airstrikes in Syria.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN chief Ban Ki-moon to address media on climate change following Paris trip.

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Governor Janet Yellen expected to announce interest rate hike.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Supreme Court of Appeal to deliver judgment on Oscar Pistorius’ possible return to jail.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

PALESTINE

GAZA - Turkey to rebuild nine mosques destroyed by Israel.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Month before anniversary of 2011 uprising, Egyptian youth activists reject calls to mend fences with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK - International Organization for Migration to discuss people trafficking.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Survey shows North Korean defectors’ life satisfaction decreases significantly after living in South.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Unlicensed doctor jailed for 25 years in prison for infecting more than 200 people with HIV.