ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Monday, April 13, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Follow up on developments after Turkey recalls its Vatican envoy over Pope Francis' statement on 1915 incidents.
ANKARA -- Serbia's President of the National Assembly Gojkovic to meet Turkish President Erdogan and her Turkish counterpart Cicek.
ANKARA – Turkey’s Energy Minister Yildiz and Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation head Kirienko to attend signing ceremony for scientific, educational and social cooperation agreements.
MANISA –The trial of the Soma mine disaster case, which claimed 301 lives in May 2014, begins at the high criminal court with 45 defendants, eight of whom are in custody.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Turkey: Urbanization drives construction industry growth
By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum
ANKARA - Urbanization, combined with demand for higher-quality buildings, is driving construction industry growth in Turkey.
Gallipoli martyr's diary reveals the horror of war
By Ayse Humeyra Atilgan
ANKARA – Unearthed in 2012, the war diary of 21-year-old Lt. Ibrahim Naji shocks, compels and captivates.
CENTRAL ASIA
MONGOLIA
ULAN BATUR -- Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu meets his Mongolian counterpart Purevsuren, Mongolian President Elbegdorj and Prime Minister Saikhanbileg.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN -- Foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France to meet in Berlin to review implementation of Minsk cease-fire deal.
BERLIN -- Russian Energy Minister Novak and Gazprom Chief Executive Miller are expected to speak at the international conference “Europe and Eurasia: Towards the New Model of Energy Security.”
DRESDEN -- Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement plans a major rally in Dresden with the participation of Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- Human Rights Watch releases report on the use of Palestinian child labor at Israeli settlement farms in occupied territories.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
SUDAN
KHARTOUM -- Sudanese go to the polls to elect their president and parliament members. Voting continues through Wednesday.
ALGERIA
ALGIERS -- A new round of Libya dialogue begins.
NIGERIA
ABUJA -- Follow up on results of the governorship and state assembly polls.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Ghanaians opt for power banks amid power cuts
By Umaru Sanda Amadu
ACCRA -- Frustrated by fluctuating electricity, many Ghanaians are resorting to an unfamiliar technology to power their electronic gadgets: power banks.
Liberians want civil war warlords prosecuted
By Evelyn T. Kpadeh
MONROVIA -- A bill submitted to the parliament by one of Liberia's most prominent lawyers, and backed by many civil society groups, proposes the establishment of a special court to prosecute major supporters and warlords of the country's 14-year civil war, which ended in 2003.
SOUTH ASIA
BANGLADESH
DHAKA -- Nationwide shutdown underway after Saturday’s execution of leading Islamist politician Kamaruzzaman for war crimes.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL -- Government set to discuss safety of citizens in war-torn Libya after attack on country’s embassy in Tripoli.
CHINA
BEIJING -- Jiang Jiemin, ex-chief of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, on trial for taking bribes, abusing power and possessing assets from unidentified sources.
BEIJING -- Authorities in Shenzhen, city bordering Hong Kong, formally announce limit on cross-border trips by residents in move designed to tackle parallel trading.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH -- Opposition members and activist monks set to be released from prison after bail hearing; new National Election Committee sworn in.
