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Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk plans to cover Thursday, June 11, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA – Turkish President Erdogan to attend graduation ceremony of international students.
ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu to meet separately with AK Party provincial leaders, Turkish Chief of Staff Ozel and Turkish intelligence chief Fidan.
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to announce current account balance and stocks and bonds statistics for April.
ANKARA – World Bank Turkey Director Raiser to hold press conference.
ISTANBUL - Turkish basketball league play-offs final second game scheduled between Anadolu Efes and Pinar Karsiyaka.
EUROPE
FRANCE
PARIS - Marseille’ state prosecutor Robin, who is in charge of investigating the March 24 Germanwings crash in the Alps that killed 150 people, to hold press conference.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - French President Hollande to attend the International Labor Conference organized by the International Labor Organization.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Officials from both EU member states and Latin American and Caribbean states will gather once again to strengthen political dialogue and cooperation.
ROMANIA
ORADEA - 2011 runners-up Turkey to face Poland in the first Group B game at the EuroBasket Women 2015.
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - U.N. Security Council to hold consultations on the situation in Central African Republic.
WASHINGTON - Actor and screenwriter Matt Dillon discusses his recent trip to western Myanmar and reports of a humanitarian crisis among the country's Rohingya minority.
WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security holds hearing on the history of current and former federal agency whistleblowers.
WASHINGTON - Demonstrators stage a Salsa protest in front of the White House to promote normalization of relations with Cuba.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Experts mixed on increased U.S. training effort in Iraq
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s plan to bolster its train-and-assist program for Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters is unlikely to have a significant impact on the tide of conflict with Daesh, but it may enable previously limited outreach to Sunni groups, according to experts.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
EGYPT
CAIRO – Youth movement "April 6" calls for a day of civil disobedience across Egypt to protest “polarization within Egyptian society, increased bloodshed and a dramatic surge in prices”.
GHANA
ACCRA – Ghana suspends Ebola vaccine trial after a massive public outcry following reports that residents in a remote area were used as "guinea pigs" for the new vaccine.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails tell stories of pain
By Anees Barghouthy
RAMALLAH, Palestine - The Palestine Liberation Organization says Israel has detained one-third of the Palestinian people, or around 850,000, since 1967 after it occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.
One year on, Malawians see little change under Mutharika
By Moses Michael-Phiri
BLANTYRE, Malawi – One year since Peter Mutharika was sworn in as president, Malawians say he has done little to fix the country’s dire economic state.
ASIA
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - MERS infections soar to 122
SEOUL – South Korea cuts interest rate to new record low.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Tourists blamed for causing Kinabalu quake appear in court.
CHINA
BEIJING - Funerals held for victims of capsized ship.
INDIA
MUMBAI - Indian security forces have launched a drive against separatist fighters from the country's remote northeast in recent days, putting a spotlight on the bubbling Maoist insurgency that affects much of the country.
