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ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Turkish Academy of Science, TUBA, awards at Presidential complex.

GERMANY

BERLIN – German parliament to vote on government proposal to temporarily extend military deployments in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali.

FRANCE

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron, Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and head of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim to host One Planet Summit.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – The eighth round of formal intra-Syrian peace talks to resume in the UN Office at Geneva. Unified Syrian opposition delegation and the regime delegation are expected to meet separately with UN envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura.

ISRAEL

TEL AVIV - Palestinians in Tel Aviv to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest announcement over Jerusalem.

KENYA

NAIROBI - Opposition leader Raila Odinga calls for a mass protest against the contested reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

PAKISTAN

SPECIAL REPORT: Pakistan's reconciliation with Balochistan bears fruit

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - The effort to court Baloch separatists has borne fruits in recent months but there is still a long way still to go until the decades-long insurgency is ended, local analysts have said.