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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, March 24, 2017

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, March 24, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):


TURKEY

ANTALYA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Antalya.

ANTALYA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend sixth meeting of annual Turkish-British Tatlidil Forum.

BURDUR/ISPARTA - Yildirim to hold public rallies in western provinces of Isparta and Burdur as part of constitutional referendum campaign.

ANTALYA - Turkish national football team to host Finland in 2018 World Cup qualifier.


GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for talks on ways to revive Middle East peace process.


SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Geneva peace talks on Syria to continue. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to meet separately with regime and opposition delegations.


RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Leader of France's far-right Front National to visit Russia at the invitation of Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky.


VATICAN

VATICAN CITY - ​Pope Francis to meet EU leaders on eve of 60th anniversary of founding Treaty of Rome.


US

WASHINGTON - House Republicans expected to launch vote on Obamacare replacement bill.


IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Supporters of firebrand Shia cleric plan 'million-man demonstration' in Baghdad to protest perceived government corruption.​


SOMALIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Remittance restrictions affect drought-hit Somalia

By Mohammed Dhaysane and Hassan Isilow

MOGADISHU - Millions of Somalis reliant on remittances from the United States could soon be left starving in the midst of a drought, as banks continue to close accounts of companies transferring money to Somalia.

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