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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (Anadolu Agency to interview Munoz).

ANKARA - Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (Anadolu Agency to interview Mohamed).

ANKARA - Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag to attend Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk.

ISTANBUL - German Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere to visit Istanbul, meet counterpart Efkan Ala, in wake of terror attack that killed mostly German tourists.

SPECIAL REPORT: Norway calls for coalition to do more against Daesh

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - The coalition fighting terrorism in Syria and Iraq should do more to combat Daesh, Norway's foreign minister said during a visit to Turkey that coincided with a deadly suicide attack on Istanbul's tourist district.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS - British man on trial for trying to smuggle Afghan girl from Calais migrant camp to family in U.K.

SPAIN

MADRID - Deputies take seats in parliament following recent election as country struggles to form government.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russia to cut budget by 10 percent as country faces recession.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - $1.5 billion jackpot lottery draw - largest in U.S. history - to be made.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry addresses National Defense University to outline 2016 foreign policy agenda.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT: PC shipments decline in Middle East

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - Shipments of news PCs declined in the Middle East in 2015, as most companies made the switch to Windows 10 from Windows 8, according to a report by researcher International Data Corporation late Tuesday.

SYRIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Syria’s besieged on verge of starvation

By Hatice Vildan Topaloglu

DAMASCUS (AA) - The residents of at least 13 Syrian towns under siege by the Assad regime and its allies now face the specter of starvation, according to local officials.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS - African mobile phone giant MTN's funds unfrozen by court in row over $3.9 billion fine.

LAGOS - Nigeria in talks over return of millions allegedly taken out of country by former military dictator Sani Abacha.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Organization of Islamic Conference Secretary General Iyad Amin Madani meets opposing parties in southern conflict.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Members of Cham Muslim minority testify at Khmer Rouge tribunal.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - President Park Geun-hye calls for China’s help in imposing sanctions on North Korea over recently claimed hydrogen bomb test.