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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Inflation to stabilize as lira finds its level

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) – Although the Turkish inflation rate was higher in December, analysts expect it to stabilize in the near future as the drivers of inflation are weakening.

Blind teenage brothers from Aleppo dream big in Ankara

By Servet Gunerigok

ANKARA (AA) – The lives of two teenage brothers from Syria may seem hopeless from the outside but Ammar Atiye and Muhammed Atiye harbor dreams of becoming scholars in Ankara someday.

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – Belgium’s French-speaking rail unions will go on strike in protest against the government demands that the network cut costs and reduce workers’ leave days.

BRUSSELS – The European Commissioner for Migration will meet Swedish, Danish and German officials to discuss Sweden and Denmark's new border controls.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to be keynote speaker at SETA think tank’s fifth annual conference on Turkey.

WASHINGTON – Army Col. Steven Warren, spokesman for the U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition, briefs reporters following battlefield gains in Iraq.

MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA

YEMEN

SANAA - Yemeni government condemns attacks against Saudi embassy, consulate in Iran.

AFRICA

CAMEROON

YAOUNDE – IMF's Lagarde to visit Cameroon.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

KOREAS

SEOUL – North Korea claims it has conducted hydrogen bomb test.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Families of 154 Chinese passengers on board ‘lost’ Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 demand search operations be broadened; unconvinced flaperon discovered on remote island was from plane