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ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):<br> </p> <p> </p> <p>TURKEY </p> <p>ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive members of U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American-Turkish Council. </p> <p>ANKARA – Erdogan also to separately accept letters of credentials from new Italian, Chinese, Hungarian, and Iranian ambassadors at presidential complex.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkey’s statistical authority, TurkStat, to release animal production statistics for 2018.</p> <p>ANKARA – Treasury and Finance Ministry to release Treasury cash realizations for January. </p> <p><br> <br> </p> <p> <p>UK</p> <p>LONDON – Following developments on Brexit as Prime Minister Theresa May to visit Brussels to meet EU leaders.</p> <p> </p> <p>SLOVAKIA </p> <p>BRATISLAVA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet leaders of Visegrad Four countries –Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary — for talks on EU and regional issues. </p> <p> </p> <p>VENEZUELA</p> <p>CARACAS – Monitoring national and international developments amid calls for President Nicolas Maduro to hold new elections.</p> <p> </p> <p>SYRIA</p> <p>ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw troops.</p> <p> </p> <p>YEMEN</p> <p>SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis and civil war.<br> </p> <p> </p> <p>SPORTS</p> <p>ISTANBUL – Round of 22 of the 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to begin. Turkey's Anadolu Efes to face Spain's Herbalife Gran Canaria.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>SPECIAL REPORT </p> <p>India: Joint efforts to preserve 16th century mosque</p> <p>By Riyaz ul Khaliq</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – It seemed a normal winter January morning in the coastal city of Ponnani in Kerala, India, with merchants and fishermen going about their business in the market, but one sight stood out: a group of men were using spades to take apart part of a mosque dating back some 500 years.