ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Monday, April 6, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkey's Anadolu Agency (AA) celebrates its 95th anniversary.
AA Director General Senol Kazanci to visit the tomb of Ataturk, founder of AA and Republic of Turkey.
ANKARA - Developments after Saturday's assault on Turkey's Fenerbahce football team bus.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Canakkale Old Central Hospital: eyewitness to history
By Burcu Arik
ISTANBUL (AA) – A veteran of four wars now fallen on hard times… a 19th century hospital in the western Turkish province of Canakkale has seen devastating conflict as well as being a sanctuary for thousands of dying and wounded soldiers, both friend and foe.
SOUTH ASIA
INDIA
NEW DELHI - Turkey's Deputy PM Ali Babacan to attend The Business 20 (B20) Regional Policy Consultation meeting in India -- a platform bringing together business leaders from G20 economies.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Court to decide if two Australians on death row have legal right to challenge Indonesian president's decision to deny them clemency.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police arrest 17 suspected militants planning terror attack in capital Kuala Lumpur.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Thai junta prohibits commemoration of clash in Bangkok five years ago in which 26 people died when military clashed with protesters.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
HEBRON - Israel closes Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslims as Jews celebrate Passover.
SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN
RIYADH/SANAA - The ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Kenyans embrace soilless agriculture in farms, homes (photos & video)
By Andrew Ross
NAIROBI (AA) – Janet Kananu, a farmer from Limuru town in Kenya's central province, was finding it increasingly challenging to rear livestock for meat and other products because of the high cost of animal feed. "When we go to the market to buy fodder, we end up paying twice as much as what we used to pay two years ago," she told The Anadolu Agency.
Russia defends oil refinery deal with Uganda
By Halima Athumani
KAMPALA (AA) – Russia's ambassador to Uganda has defended a recent deal between the East African country and a Russian state conglomerate to build a $4-billion oil refinery in Uganda.
