Portal:Current events/April 2007/Sidebar

Ongoing armed conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Arab–Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada); Brazilian gang violence; Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; Ituri conflict in the DR Congo; Hamas–Fatah clashes; War in Somalia; Ivorian Civil War; Kurdish conflict in Turkey; Sa'dah conflict; Second Chechen War; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; Taliban insurgency; Darfur conflict; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	April[edit] 29: Josh Hancock; 29: Ivica Račan; 28: Tommy Newsom; 27: Mstislav Rostropovich; 26: Jack Valenti; 25: Bobby Pickett; 25: Barbara Blida; 24: Alan Ball; 23: David Halberstam; 23: Boris Yeltsin; 22: Juanita Millender-McDonald; 21: Lobby Loyde; 21: Andrew Hill; 20: Audrey Fagan; 19: Helen Walton; 18: Iccho Itoh; 17: Kitty Carlisle Hart; 15: Patricia Buckley; 15: Brant Parker; 14: June Callwood; 14: Don Ho; 11: Roscoe Lee Browne; 11: Loïc Leferme; 11: Kurt Vonnegut; 10: Avdy Kuliyev; edit sidebar

Events
	Recent[edit] Iranian seizure of British servicemen; ISS Expedition 14; PRC National People's Congress; Six-party talks; Virginia Tech shooting; Ongoing[edit] Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy; Global spread of H5N1; Iran's nuclear program; ISS Expedition 15; Lebanese anti-government protest; North American pet food recall; Natural disasters[edit] North Indian Ocean cyclone season; Pacific typhoon season; South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; Australian region cyclone season; South Pacific cyclone season; edit sidebar

Elections
Recent[edit] April 1: Qatar, CMC 2: Wallis and Futuna, Parliament 4: Madagascar, constitutional referendum 9: East Timor, President 12: Malacca, Malaysia, Machap by-election 15: Ecuador, referendum 21: Nigeria, President and parliament 22: France, President 22: Syria, Parliament 27: Turkey, President 28: Selangor, Malaysia, Ijok by-election 29: Mali, President Upcoming[edit] April edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming[edit] U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing[edit] Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Ethiopia: CUD relating to 2005 elections. Iran: Nazanin Fatehi Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Mary Winkler edit sidebar

Upcoming holidays and observances
1: April Fools' Day 2: Passover starts 5: Qingming Festival (Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) 7: Health day 8: Easter Sunday (Both Eastern and Western Christianity) 20: 420 (cannabis culture) National Marijuana Appreciation Day 22: Earth Day 30: Walpurgisnacht (Satanic New Year) May[edit] 1: May Day 2: Ridván ends (the Baháʼí Faith; sunset) 4: Greenery Day (Japan) 13: Mother's Day (multiple countries) 19: Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey) edit sidebar