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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday Feb. 11, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

SPECIAL REPORT

-Ottoman-era artist's work to break records at auction

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Anadolu Agency uncovers the career of Osman Hamdi Bey, whose works have sold for millions overseas.

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO defense ministers will gather again in Brussels. Decisions on Turkey's request for NATO support regarding refugee crisis are expected.

FRANCE

PARIS - French Uber executive faces charges on allegation, among others, of operating illegal taxi service.

PARIS - Outgoing French FM Laurent Fabius to speak on morning radio show, just a day after he announced that he is stepping down from the post.

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande to speak at 8.00 p.m. (0700GMT) on a TV show.

UK

LONDON - UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to meet Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin in London.

LONDON - UK Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn to deliver speech on Europe at Chatham House.

LONDON - Google and UK tax collecting body HMRC to give evidence at parliamentary enquiry into recent tax deal.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor Merkel to meet Iraqi PM al-Abadi.

MUNICH - Syria peace talks in Munich. Foreign ministers of global and regional powers including U.S., Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey are to meet amid renewed fighting in northern Syria.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Army Brig. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner, deputy chief of staff for communication, Resolute Support Mission, briefs media live from Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton face off in Wisconsin debate.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

CAPE TOWN - President Jacob Zuma will deliver the State of the Nation address in parliament. There are fears some opposition MPs might disrupt his speech.

KENYA

NAIROBI - Kenya to host a wildlife meeting on Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora in East Africa.

SPECIAL REPORT:

-Gambian opposition demands electoral reforms

By Mustapha K Darboe

BANJUL, Gambia (AA) - The battle lines for the presidential race in Gambia have been drawn, but the opposition and the country’s electoral authorities are in dispute over the rules of engagement.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - South Korea begins Kaesong retreat, aims to ensure citizens' safety while planning to punish North Korea further.

THAILAND

[MOVED] BANGKOK - Security forces capture ‘well-camouflaged’ insurgent camp in Muslim south that is concealed in mangrove forest and accessible only by boat.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Government officials and Moro Islamic Liberation Front meet in Malaysia to re-assess how to move peace process in Muslim south forward after Congress’ failure to pass law sealing peace deal.