Graphic shows world events scheduled for April.
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WORLD AGENDA

News ahead in April 2016

By Jordi Bou

April 1, 2016 - Infographic shows a selection of news events on the April 2016 world agenda. Events include President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia, presidential elections in Peru and parliamentary elections in Syria. Japan’s most advanced attack submarine conducts joint military exercises with Australia, the Solar Impulse plane resumes its record-breaking circumnavigation of the globe, and Queen Elizabeth II turns 90. The Olympic torch will be lit in Olympia ahead of the 2016 Summer Games, and the chair that JK Rowling sat in to write the first two Harry Potter books goes up for auction.

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PUBLISHED: 24/03/2016; STORY: Newsahead, Kate Edgley; PICTURES: Associated Press / Getty Images
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