DIARY
Main topics Anadolu Agency's English News Desk plans to cover on Thursday, May 7, 2015
ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Thursday, May 7, 2015:
UK
LONDON - Polls open for general election. Result expected early Friday
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend inaugural ceremony at Turkish Coordination and Cooperation Agency (TIKA), expected to give speech. 1100 local time (0800GMT)
ANKARA - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to address election rallies in Bingol and Elazig
ISTANBUL - Mehmet Mehdi Eker, food and agricultural minister, to meet Canadian counterpart Gerry Ritz at Canadian-Turkish Business Council
ISTANBUL - Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek and Masatsugu Asakawa, chairman of the OECD’s fiscal committee, to attend G20 tax meeting
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council to meet on trade and investment partnership (TTIP) with U.S.
BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk and European Parliament President Martin Schulz to receive Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
GERMANY
BERLIN - Energy Security Summit
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss chemical weapons in Syria. Disarmament chief Angela Kane expected to brief
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
PALESTINE
GAZA STRIP - Opening of Ottoman school renovated by Turkish Coordination and Cooperation Agency. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to make video-conference speech.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Final day of annual Jewish pilgrimage to the Ghriba Synagogue on island of Djerba
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN - Nelson Mandela Foundation to hold talks on xenophobia and photography exhibition on neighboring countries role in struggle against apartheid
TANZANIA
DODOMA - Opposition Coalition for the People’s Constitution to meet in Dar es Salaam to agree candidates for October’s presidential and parliamentary elections
SPECIAL REPORT: Shabaab or UGUS, Somali media between rock and hard place
By Yassin Juma
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali journalists have found themselves in a fix, with the government banning the use of the name al-Shabaab to refer to the militant group while the militants threaten those who refer to them by the government-imposed title.
SPECIAL REPORT: Malawians pass time with traditional games, sex
By Moses Michael-Phiri
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AA) – After harvesting his tobacco yield in Malawi's central Kasungu district, Snowden Zimba has little to do at this time of year.
SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Analysts say declining votes for ruling United Malay National Organization in its Rompin stronghold reflect problems facing government
KUALA LUMPUR – Wife of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim runs in by-election for husband’s seat
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha demands authorities locate and report human trafficking camps in south after discovery of dozens of bodies
SOUTH ASIA
BANGLADESH
DHAKA - Ministry of Religious Affairs to tackle public urination by painting over Bengali warnings with Arabic messages, which people mistake for being from the Quran
SPORTS
FOOTBALL
SPAIN
SEVILLE - Sevilla meet Fiorentina in Europa League semi-final first leg in Seville. Kick off 21.05 local time (2005 GMT)
ITALY
NAPLES - Napoli play Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Europa League semi-final first leg. Kick off 21.05 local time (2005 GMT)
Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.