Portal:Current events/April 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Central Asia energy crisis Democratic presidential primaries Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Economic crisis in U.S. and Europe Kenyan crisis Olympic torch relay Republican presidential primaries Subprime mortgage crisis Unrest in Tibet World food price crisis

Recent deaths

April 29: Albert Hofmann 25: John H. McConnell 25: Humphrey Lyttelton 24: Kenneth Keith Kallenbach 22: Paul Davis 21: Al Wilson 19: Germaine Tillion 17: Danny Federici 17: Aimé Césaire 17: Gwyneth Dunwoody 16: Edward Norton Lorenz 16: Joe Feeney 15: Hazel Court 15: Krister Stendahl 13: John Archibald Wheeler 13: Ollie Johnston 12: Cecilia Colledge 12: Jerry Zucker 12: Patrick Hillery 8: Stanley Kamel 7: Ludu Daw Amar 5: Charlton Heston 3: Frosty Freeze

Ongoing conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Waziristan War Fatah-Hamas conflict War in Somalia Turkey-PKK conflict Second Chechen War Ogaden conflict South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Darfur

Elections
Recent 6: Montenegro, President 9: South Korea, Parliament 10: Nepal, Constituent Assembly 13: Italy, Parliament (to April 14) 20: Paraguay, General 23: Guernsey, General 23: Tonga, General (to April 24) 25: Iran, Legislative (2nd round) 26: Nauru, Parliament 30: Niue, Parliament

Trials

Upcoming Canada: Larry O'Brien US: James Charles Kopp US: Ehren Watada US: Tom DeLay US: William J. Jefferson US: Kwame Kilpatrick US: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances

1: April Fools' Day 4: Qingming Festival (Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) 7: World Health Day 19: Passover starts 21: Patriots' Day (Observed in Massachusetts and Maine and Wisconsin; see Patriots' Day) 22: Earth Day 25: ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand); Day of Silence; DNA day 25: Good Friday (Eastern; Western date is March 21) 27: Easter (Eastern; Western date is March 23) 30: Walpurgisnacht May 1: May Day and Labor Day (various countries), Law Day (Some U.S. States) 1: Beltane (Ireland) 1: St. Joseph (Roman Catholic) 4: Remembrance of the Dead (Netherlands) 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) 5: Children's Day (Japan and Korea) 5: Liberation Day (Netherlands) 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe) 9: Victory in Europe Day (Eastern Europe) 9: Europe Day (European Union) 9: International Nurses Day 11: Mother's Day (United States) 12: Finland Day 17: Norwegian Constitution Day 21: Battle of Iquique (Chile) 24: Independence Day (Eritrea) 25: May Revolution (Argentina)