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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday March 14, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Coverage of the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly bomb attack which targeted civilians in Turkey’s capital.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to gather Council of Ministers to discuss Ankara bomb blast.

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host medics on the occasion of Doctors' Day at presidential palace in Ankara.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Davutoglu to meet Riad Hijab, chairman of Syrian High Negotiations Committee.

ISTANBUL – International conference on Syrian refugees taking place at Istanbul’s Bahcesehir University. [MERITS]

SPECIAL REPORT

Wealthy Turks seeking economic citizenship overseas

By Burcu Arik

ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of high net-worth Turkish individuals looking for a second passport through investment has increased 100 percent over the last three years, a recent report has revealed.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – Substantive Syria peace talks between warring sides begin. UN Envoy on Syria to hold news conference at the beginning on the new round of talks.

GENEVA – Human rights situation in North Korea and Iran to be discussed at UN Human Rights Council.

GENEVA – WHO to release new estimates on the environmental burden of disease.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to evaluate results of Sunday’s regional elections, where her Christian Democrats suffered heavy losses.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – EU foreign ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss relations with Russia, Iran and latest developments in Libya.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling ANC will march to the Constitutional Court Monday to protest against the release of Janusz Walus, the man who killed prominent anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Explosions and shootings mark anniversary of insurgent movement in Thai south.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Government announces it will scuttle ship listed among Interpol’s most wanted, but only submerging it half-way, so it can serve as a monument for ‘the fight against illegal fishing’.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH – International Co-Investigating Judge in Khmer Rouge tribunal announces additional charges against former cadre Ao An, including genocide of the Cham Muslim community and crimes against humanity.