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• Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika romps to a landslide victory with a staggering 81 percent of the valid votes in the presidential election.     read more
• World Heritage Day 2014 is observed across the World on April 18 with the theme "Heritage of Commemoration".  
  • There, presently (Jan 2014), are 981 World Heritage Sites across 160 countries in the world. 
  • The day also known as 'International Day for Monuments and Sites' is celebrated to promote awareness about their significance in life and to intensify the preservation efforts.
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• 'Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology outstanding services award' goes to Sriprakash KS.  
  • He, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, was recognized for prevention of blindness at the World Ophthalmic Conference held in Tokyo.
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• US enacts a law to bar anti-US Iranian ambassador to the UN 'Hamid Aboutalebi' from entering the country to attend annual General Assembly.  
  • The legislation prohibits any UN representative that have been found to be engaged in activities hostile to the host country.
  • He was involvement in the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran and had acted as an interpreter for the captors.
  • Iran decides to appeal to the UN to get its way out of the controversy legally.
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