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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Parliament will have its first plenary session during which an oath-taking ceremony for newly elected members will take place. President Erdogan will attend.

ANKARA – Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to call central executive board meeting amid ongoing leadership debate.

ANKARA – Turkey will host Greece in a football friendly at Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul at 8.15 p.m. local time (1815 GMT). PM Ahmet Davutoglu will attend together with Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras.

EUROPE

LONDON – PM David Cameron is expected to make statements regarding Paris attacks and G20 Summit in parliament.

LONDON – The first group of Syrian refugees to be resettled in Britain will land in Glasgow – David Cameron said he wanted to resettle a thousand refugees by Christmas – developments will be followed.

LONDON – Britain-based Islamic Human Rights Commission will publish a report regarding Islamophobic incidents in U.K.

FRANCE

PARIS – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to meet French leaders in the awake of Paris attacks.

PARIS – National Assembly to discuss terror attacks.

PARIS – Turkish energy minister to attend IEA climate change summit.

GERMANY

BERLIN – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Meshkov to address Berlin Security Conference 2015.

MIDDLE EAST

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM – Government bans Islamic Movement in Israel group and raids its offices in Um Al-Fahm city.

YEMEN

ADEN –President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi returns to Aden, declares it temporary capital.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK – Britain's international development secretary, Justine Greening, to chair a UN Security Council debate on 'root causes of conflict'. (MERITS)

SOUTH ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL – The Taliban now appears to be drawing much of its rank-and-file from Central Asian ethnicities, especially Uzbeks, according to experts.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT

Zambia: Banks under pressure in tight economy

By Francis Maingaila

LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) - Banks in Zambia are under pressure in a challenging economy.

SE ASIA-PACIFIC

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Thousands of Rohingya refugees in country will be allowed to work soon with government formulating pilot project to grant United Nations Refugees Card holders working permits.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Country’s first Islamic faith political party - known as the Australian Muslim Party – to launch with the intention of fielding Senate candidates in all states and territories at next year's federal election and also contest upper house seats at state level.