Portal:Current events/March 2007/Sidebar

Ongoing armed conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada); Brazilian gang violence; Central African War; Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo; Nigerian Oil Crisis; 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
	March[edit] 25: Andranik Margaryan; 23: Robert E. Petersen; 23: Ed Bailey; 23: Mao Anqing; 21: Catherine Seipp; 20: Taha Yassin Ramadan; 19: Calvert DeForest; 19: Luther Ingram; 18: Bob Woolmer; 17: John Backus; 17: Freddie Francis; 16: Sally Clark; 15: Charles Harrelson; 15: Bowie Kuhn; 15: Stuart Rosenberg; 14: Lucie Aubrac; 14: Gareth Hunt; 12: Preah Maha Ghosananda; 11: Betty Hutton; 10: Richard Jeni; edit sidebar

Events
	Recent[edit] 2007 National People's Congress; Ipswich murders investigation; Taiwanese political crisis; 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel; Ongoing[edit] Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy; Global spread of H5N1; Iran's nuclear program; Lebanese anti-government protest; Litvinenko murder investigation; NSA warrantless surveillance controversy; Six-party talks; Natural disasters[edit] North Indian cyclone season; Pacific typhoon season; Southern Hemisphere cyclone season; edit sidebar

Elections
Recent[edit] March 10: Malta local council elections 11: Mauritania, President 18: Finland, Parliament 24: New South Wales, General Election 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive 26: Quebec, National Assembly 26: Egypt, constitutional referendum Upcoming[edit] March 31: Benin, National Assembly April 12: Malacca, Malaysia, Machap by-election 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 edit sidebar

Holidays and observances
1: St Davids Day United Kingdom 4: Purim (Jewish holiday) 10: Arba'een (Shi'a Islam) 12: Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations) 12: Arbor Day (China) 14: White Day (Japan and Korea) 14; New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar) 15: National Day (Hungary) 15: Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) 17: Saint Patrick's Day 18: Mothering Sunday (Britain) 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity) 19: Fathers' Day 19: Canberra Day (Australian Capital Territory) 20: Norouz (Iran and Zoroastrianism) 21: Independence Day (Namibia) 21: World Poetry Day 21: Equinoctial Earth Day 22: World Day for Water 23: Republic Day (Pakistan) 24: World Tuberculosis Day 25: Freedom Day (Belarus) 25: Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity) 28: Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 30: Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 30: Land Day (Palestinian communities) 31: César Chávez Day (various U.S. states) 31: Freedom Day (Malta) 31: Mawlid (Sunni Islam) April[edit] 1: April Fools' Day 1: Palm Sunday 2: Passover 5: Qingming Festival (China, Macau) edit sidebar