ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014:
TURKEY
ANKARA -- President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu meet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
ISTANBUL -- Deputy PM Ali Babacan to attend the Fifth Bosphorus Summit in Istanbul.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Economy, not military, the priority for Turkish youth
by Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANBUL (AA) - The military service is increasingly seen not as a paramount national duty but as a job, says a retired colonel.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK -- Demonstrations planned against perceived injustices in US justice system after grand juries decline to indict two white police officers in deaths of two unarmed black men
NEW YORK -- Press Conference by David Nabarro, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Ebola (May be combined with Geneva Ebola story.)
SPECIAL REPORT
US trials unlikely in torture cases, overseas action could come
By Michael Hernandez and Mustafa Caglayan
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (AA) – A damning Senate report on the CIA’s interrogation practices is unlikely to lead to a domestic investigation, say experts who suggest that an international investigation may be more likely. As some of the 54 countries that participated in the rendition program are ICC members, the court has the jurisdiction to prosecute officials responsible for alleged crimes committed by the CIA in member states, according to Francis Boyle, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
HONG KONG
HONG KONG -- Police and students clearance main protest site. (MOVED)
JAPAN
TOKYO -- Election preview
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Decline in price of rice from Thailand – once the world’s No 1 exporter – highlights populist legacy of ex PM Yingluck Shinawatra
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Another Abu Sayyaf hostage released.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR -- Second group behind murder of Myanmar Buddhists/Muslims believed hiding in Malaysian state.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- Australian survey highlights racial prejudices.
EUROPE
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA -- Health ministers of West Africa's Ebola-hit countries to hold a press conference at the WHO headquarters. (May be combined with New York Ebola story.)
GERMANY
BERLIN -- German FM Steinmeier meets with his Greek counterpart Venizelos, ahead of Greek presidential election on Dec. 17
BERLIN -- Dilek Kolat appointed as the first State Deputy Prime Minister of Turkish decent.
FRANCE
PARIS -- French Senate to vote on Palestine statehood.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS -- The second and final day of the 11th International Conference ''on the European Union, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds'' will be held at the European Parliament.
BRUSSELS -- Turkey’s minister of education Nabi Avci visits Brussels.
BALKANS
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
SREBRENICA -- Mufti of Palestine and Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam Muhammad Ahmad Hussein visits Srebrenica genocide memorial.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Follow-up on the fallout of Abu Ein's death, protests and clashes anticipated.
GAZA -- Gaza civil servants expected to go on strike.
KENYA
NAIROBI -- Leaders of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan discuss regional cooperation.
NIGERIA
ABUJA -- Ruling PDP and opposition APC expected to announce their candidates for the 2015 presidential race.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA -- Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Nurettin Canikli visits Ethiopia.
SPECIAL REPORTS:
Corruption is Uganda's terrorism: Minister
By Halima Athumani
KAMPALA (AA) – Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo has described the scourge of corruption not only as an affront to human dignity, but also as an obstacle to development in the East African country.
"Corruption is an enemy; a destroyer. I have always compared it to terrorism. It damages and kills," Lokodo told The Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview.
VP Mujuru sacking weakens Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF: Experts
By John Cassim
HARARE (AA) – The open war between Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe and just sacked vice president Joyce Mujuru could split the ruling ZANU-PF party, analysts have said.
www.aa.com.tr/en
