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ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Igor Crnadak, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold news conference with Crnadak.

ANKARA – Erdogan to attend opening ceremony and 5th Council of Tradesmen and Craftsmen.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – Americans to go to the polls to elect country’s 45th president.

SPECIAL REPORT - ‘Power Elite’ will influence next presidential Cabinet

By Barry Eitel

SAN FRANCISCO (AA) – WikiLeaks has released 50,000 emails relating to Hillary Clinton that gives insight into the inner workings of her campaign.

SYRIA

ALEPPO – Follow up on Turkey’s ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield to clear Syria's northern border area of terrorists.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD – Iraqi army pushes into Mosul, fighting with Daesh in bid to retake city.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON – First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to outline Scottish economic policy after Brexit.

SPECIAL REPORT – Muslim antagonists in movies ‘are a symptom of laziness’

By Tayfun Salci

LONDON (AA) – It is now the turn of Muslims to become the master villains in western discourse, according to acclaimed Hollywood scriptwriter Robert McKee.

FRANCE

PARIS – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls to answer lawmakers’ questions in National Assembly and Senate.

GERMANY

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

BERLIN – Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet counterparts from Denmark, Finland and Sweden to discuss EU future, regional security issues and international crises.

SWITZERLAND

LAUSANNE – Talks between Turkish, Greek Cypriots to continue in Mont-Pelerin under UN Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – South Korean president abandons choice of prime minister, hands more power to lawmakers over crisis that has now led to raid of Samsung. MOVED.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – Another refugee arrives from Australia’s relocation program as Canberra considers relocating those housed on poor Pacific islands to another country.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Police arrest five students for alleged involvement in riot that followed protest calling for prosecution of Jakarta governor for blasphemy; announce televised “case expose” to be held middle of next week.