Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday Feb. 12, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Erdogan to meet Qatari Emir in Istanbul. [MERITS]

SPECIAL REPORT

-Turkish restaurants mull salt ban

By Tuncay Kayaoglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - As Turkey tries to lower daily salt consumption, thousands of restaurants could be preparing to remove the much-maligned condiment from their tables.

EUROPE

UK

LONDON - Reaction to gang violence in Dublin with two weeks to go until election.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - WHO press conference on R&D efforts on Zika.

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SOUTH ASIA

-Jammu Kashmir's pro-India parties suffer credibility deficit

By Zahid Rafiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir (AA) - After promising development and a viable solution to the region’s woes, pro-India parties in Jammu Kashmir - which emerged on the political stage over the past decade - appear to be losing the electorate’s confidence.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Bleak future for Koreas' relations after final severing of ties at border factory park.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Former PM Yingluck Shinawatra defends herself in an interview against accusations of dereliction of duty in a debt-ridden rice subsidies scheme.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Minister for Human Services and Veterans Affairs Stuart Robert resigns after internal probe found he ‘acted inconsistently’ with ministerial standards.