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<p>ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):<br> <br> TURKEY</p> <p>ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Turkey's 500 Largest Service Exporters Award Ceremony and Necip Fazil Award Ceremony.</p> <p>ISTANBUL – Anadolu Agency’s Energy Desk to host economist and energy expert Fatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency. </p> <p>ANKARA – Following developments in wake of U.S. announcement it will withdraw its forces from Syria, including northeastern Syria.</p> <p>ANKARA – Following local and international developments in case of killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release Consumer Confidence Index for December.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges to release established and liquidated companies data for November.</p> <p>ANKARA – Industry and Technology Ministry to release international direct investment information bulletin for October.</p> <p>ANKARA – European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) to release new commercial vehicle registrations statistics for November.</p> <p> </p> <p>MALTA</p> <p>VALLETTA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Maltese counterpart Carmelo Abela.</p> <p> </p> <p>TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS </p> <p>LEFKOSA – Military funeral ceremony to be held for 15 Turkish Cypriots who were mass murdered on Aug. 14, 1974 during intercommunal violence on the long-divided island.</p> <p> </p> <p>SYRIA</p> <p>ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.</p> <p> <p>YEMEN </p> <p>SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis.<br> <br> </p> <p>RUSSIA</p> <p>MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki.</p> <p> <p>SPORTS</p> <p>MOSCOW – Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 14 matches to continue. Turkey's Darussafaka to face Russia's Khimki Moscow in away match.</p> <p>UK</p> <p>SPECIAL REPORT:</p> <p>By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal</p> <p>Muslim entrepreneur helps homeless in small UK town</p> <p>HIGH WYCOMBE – A young Muslim entrepreneur has raised the Christmas spirit in a small English town by opening his launderette to the homeless and providing them free services and blankets.</p>