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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday March 21, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Forestry Ministry conference marks world forestry, water day. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to chair Cabinet meeting.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to meet Syrian government delegation as peace talks resume.

GENEVA - UN Human Rights Council report on occupied Palestinian territory.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT:

PA must safeguard Palestinian rights, say analysts

By Kaamil Ahmed

JERUSALEM (AA) - When the Palestinian flag was raised outside the UN’s New York headquarters last September, the Palestinian government hailed it as a milestone in the long road towards statehood - but not everyone considered it so momentous.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

A dying art: Indian calligraphy in the digital age

By Zahid Rafiq

NEW DELHI (AA) - The ink is drying for the centuries-old art of Indian calligraphy, as traditional calligraphers face increasingly stiff competition in a globalized world.​

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

DURBAN - President Jacob Zuma to give anti-racism address on Human Rights Day following recent high-profile cases of racism.

NIGERIA

LAGOS - President Muhammadu Buhari to speak at National Economic Council, expected to address oil prices.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - North Korea ready to carry out fifth nuclear test, according to Seoul’s unification ministry.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Army searching for black box of helicopter that crashed during hunt for most wanted militant.

JAKARTA - Foreign ministry summons Chinese officials over maritime infringements.