Portal:Current events/March 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economics Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Greek economic crisis European sovereign debt crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Canadian anti-prorogation protests Colombian legislative elections Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal Nigerian presidential power crisis Philippine presidential elections U.S. health care reform debate Scientific Expedition 23 Sport 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Humanitarian Haiti earthquake response

Recent deaths

March 30: Jaime Escalante 30: David Mills 28: June Havoc 27: Dick Giordano 27: Peter Herbolzheimer 27: Vasily Smyslov 26: Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 25: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 24: Robert Culp 24: Daphne Park 23: Midge Costanza 23: Alan King-Hamilton 23: Blanche Thebom 22: James W. Black 22: Valentina Tolkunova 21: Wolfgang Wagner 20: Harry Carpenter 20: Girija Prasad Koirala 20: Stewart Udall 18: Fess Parker

Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East Darfur conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict South Yemen insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict War in Afghanistan Asia Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite–Maoist insurgency South Thailand insurgency War in North-West Pakistan Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent: March 4: Togo, President 6: Iceland, Debt repayment referendum 7: Iraq, Parliament 7: Switzerland, Referendum 14: Colombia, Parliament Upcoming: April 8: Sri Lanka, Parliament 11: Hungary, Parliament (1st Round) 11–13: Sudan, General 18: Northern Cyprus, President 24: Nauru, Parliament 25: Austria, President 25: Central African Republic, General 25: Hungary, Parliament (2nd Round)

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon United Kingdom: Peter Chapman Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq]]: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays  and observances

Ongoing February 15 – April 3: Great Lent (Eastern Christianity) February 17 – April 3: Lent (Western Christianity) March 29 evening – April 6: Passover (Judaism) March 30 evening – May 18: Omer (Judaism) March 2010 Current 31: Holy Wednesday (Western Christianity) 31: Pohnpei Culture Day (Federated States of Micronesia) 31: Freedom Day (Malta) 31: Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey) 31: César Chávez Day (United States) 31: Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands) April 2010 Upcoming 1: April Fools' Day