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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday, April 30, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend 65th anniversary of an Istanbul-based science and education foundation.

MUS – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to attend ceremony in eastern province of Mus to mark the 99th anniversary of city's liberation from Russian invasion in First World War.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

JAPAN

TOKYO – Anticipation mounts over whether Barack Obama will become first U.S president to visit Hiroshima, where American atomic weapons killed 140,000 people during World War II. Speculation comes ahead of Obama's planned visit to Japan in late May.

CHINA

BEIJING – At least 14 killed after truck carrying stones crashes into crowd and building in southern Guizhou Province.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Electoral body says Facebook users can face criminal charges for ‘liking’ posts which could influence voters in a referendum on a military-sponsored draft resolution.