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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – Turkish President Erdogan to attend another commemoration for 742nd anniversary of poet Mevlana Rumi's death.

SPECIAL REPORT

- Turkey: Women with disabilities facing double challenges

By Tuncay Kayaoglu

ISTANBUL (AA) – As Turkish ministers denounce violence against women, Anadolu Agency meets disabled campaigners who describe extra hardships.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

BERN - President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev to meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory. Meeting is mediated by co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.

BIEL - Yemen peace talks to resume. (MERITS)

AFRICA

Special Report

- Zambia's new constitution 'under threat'

By Francis Maingaila

LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) - The church and civil society groups have demanded the government reinstate clauses removed from the Zambia's new constitution or face calls for mass mobilization against the charter.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Police discover cache of weapons at Bali's Kerobokan prison after days of gang violence left 4 people dead.

SPECIAL REPORT:

- Japan family name law upheld

By Todd Crowell

TOKYO - Court finally grants women right to remarry within six months of divorce (men have had no such restriction), but underlines married couples must have same family name.