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ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday Jan. 18, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately meet Union of Armenian Foundations Chairman Bedros Sirinoglu, Japanese Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii at Presidential Palace.

ANKARA - Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag to attend Anadolu Agency Editors’ desk.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Ishii at Cankaya Palace.

ANKARA - Opposition leaders Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Devlet Bahceli to discuss second round of voting on constitutional reform, due to start later Wednesday.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni for talks on EU, Brexit, international conflicts.

FRANCE

PARIS - Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve news conference.

SWITZERLAND

DAVOS - World Economic Forum annual meeting.

MONT PELERIN - Further UN-brokered talks on Cyprus reunification.

GREECE

SPECIAL REPORT: Disaster hits Greek fishermen who saved refugees

By Evgenia Choros

ATHENS (AA) - Kostas Pinteris and Thanasis Marmarinos are not just two traditional fishermen from a small Greek fishing village. They are among the fishermen and residents of Skala Sikamias, Lesbos Island, who used their small fleet to rescue thousands of refugees and migrants from the Aegean Sea in 2015.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama to hold final news conference.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to hold final news briefing.

WASHINGTON - Senate confirmation hearing of Nikki Haley, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice as UN ambassador.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Tunisia-Libya border crossing to reopen after 45 days.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, opposition parties to participate in effort to solve political, ethnic tensions.

SPECIAL REPORT: Wake up, smell coffee, Ethiopian farmers urge

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - When you enjoy a warm cup of coffee from a cafe run by an international chain like Starbucks, you may hardly realize that the unique flavor may be coming out of Ethiopia.

MYANMAR

YANGON - State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to meet UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee following visit to western Rakhine state, home to Rohingya Muslims.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong appears at Seoul Central District Court for decision on arrest warrant in further development in presidential corruption scandal.