ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA-- Turkish parliament's inquiry committee to meet at 2 pm and to vote later on the trial of four former ministers accused of corruption.
ANKARA-- Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to chair Council of Ministers meeting.
ANKARA-- The 7th annual Ambassadors' Conference to kick off, chaired by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
- Cavusoglu to give a speech at the beginning of the conference and to meet separately with UNESCO's Director-General Irina Bokova.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- Trial of alleged operator of Silk Road “dark web” site kicks off today. Website is described as a vast online marketplace of illicit goods and services.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS-- European Parliament Committee meetings will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels. The committee’s main task is to draw up reports on legislative proposals that have been referred to Parliament.
GERMANY
COLOGNE-- Turks, Muslims to protest against right-wing anti-Islam PEGIDA movement.
DRESDEN-- The Dresden-based right-wing “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West” group will rally in the city center.
BERLIN-- Following the political debate on the German government’s reported policy change on a possible Greek exit from the euro.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- Search for AirAsia jet enters ninth day with better weather conditions; hopes to locate large objects on sea floor believed to be aircraft’s fuselage.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL-- Suspected North Korean army deserter detained in China after killing four people in robbery in border city.
CHINA
BEIJING -- Former Communist Party of China chief for Ya'an city, Sichuan Province, sentenced to 16 years in prison for corruption.
ASIA
BANGLADESH
DHAKA-- Police ban protests in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, marking the first anniversary of the violent and disputed Jan. 5, 2014 elections. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which boycotted the elections, and the ruling Awami League, had planned competing rallies in the capital.
SPECIAL REPORT
PAKISTAN
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI-- Feature on the revival of Pakistani cinema in 2014, with domestic films returning to the market and new cinemas being opened after years of decline.
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM-- Organization of Islamic Cooperation chief Madani visits Al-Aqsa mosque.
KENYA
NAIROBI-- Teachers to strike over pay increase.
EGYPT
CAIRO-- Copts stage protests to denounce relatives' abduction in Libya.
TUNISIA
TUNIS-- Nidaa Tounes to nominate PM candidate.
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN-- Zimbabwean lobby group sues S. Africa government to block deportation of Zimbabwean migrants.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Sierra Leoneans abandoned over Ebola fears
By Cinnatus Dumbuya
FREETOWN (AA) -- Health authorities in Sierra Leone have raised concerns about patients being abandoned by their families at hospitals, even after testing negative for the deadly Ebola virus.
Malawians trade 'sexual cleansing' for herbal concoction
By Moses Michael-Phiri
BLANTYRE (AA) -- After decades of practicing the well-guarded kulowa kufa, rural residents of Malawi's Lower Shire are finally trading the sexual cleansing ritual for an herbal concoction.
