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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address Turkish ambassadors who gathered in Ankara for annual meeting.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

In Turkey, finance and technology close ranks

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - A new breed of Turkish financial technology companies is integrating banks and financial services companies with cutting-edge high-tech solutions for customers.

Turkish talent working on high-risk space venture

By Tuncay Kayaoglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - "What you launch into space is a small device weighing a few tons and is about three meters square in size."

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President Obama delivers his final state of the Union Address before a Joint Session of Congress

WASHINGTON - Turkish NGO IHH to hold press conference

NEW YORK - UN deputy secretary-general Jan Eliasson to appear in a press meeting on UN chief's roadmap to address large movements of migrants and refugees [MERITS]

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Sudan leads Middle East in truancy rates: Experts

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) - Truancy in Sudan has reportedly reached unprecedented levels, say experts, especially in areas affected by conflict.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Kenya: New rules on imports could raise prices

By Magdalene Mukami

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - New rules on the certification of imports could push prices higher in a country already dogged by high inflation.

Uganda introduces Islamic banking

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - The market for Islamic banking in Uganda is about to open up, as the central bank prepares regulations for its use.

Nigeria: No future gasoline scarcity expected: Experts

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) - The government's cap on gasoline prices at the pump is not expected to provoke fuel scarcity, experts told Anadolu Agency.

SOUTHEAST ASIA - PACIFIC

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA - Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) confirms some Abu Sayyaf militants present at general meeting, but denies it has forged alliance with Daesh-linked group.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Members of Cham Muslim community expected to testify at Khmer Rouge tribunal on wide-ranging suffering inflicted upon Muslims under Pol Pot’s dystopian regime (MERITS).

SPECIAL REPORT:

Myanmar at crossroads to end world's longest civil wars

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

YANGON - With Myanmar's new government to take office in March, Anadolu Agency looks at leading issues affecting country as it moves from decades of military dictatorship - Part I: Myanmar at war.