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Ongoing conflicts
	Africa[edit] Darfur conflict; Fourth Chadian Civil War; Maghreb insurgency; Niger Delta conflict; Somali Civil War; Middle East[edit] Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; South Yemen insurgency; Turkey–PKK conflict; War in Afghanistan; Asia[edit] 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[edit] Colombian conflict; Mexican drug war; Internal conflict in Peru; edit this archived sidebar

Recent deaths
	May[edit] 30: Dufferin Roblin; 29: Dennis Hopper; 28: Gary Coleman; 26: Jean Constantin; 26: Art Linkletter; 24: Paul Gray; 24: Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess of Russia; 24: Anneliese Rothenberger; 23: José Lima; 23: Simon Monjack; 22: Martin Gardner; 22: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; 20: Breandán Ó Buachalla; 17: Yvonne Loriod; 17: Bobbejaan Schoepen; 16: Ronnie James Dio; 16: Hank Jones; 16: Oswaldo López Arellano; edit this archived sidebar

Ongoing events
	Economic[edit] Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis; Greek economic crisis; ; Worldwide recession; Medical[edit] West African meningitis outbreak; HIV/AIDS in Africa; Political[edit] Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal; Protests and political crisis in Kyrgyzstan; Thai political protests; Scientific[edit] Expedition 23; Environmental[edit] Haiti earthquake response; Gulf of Mexico oil spill; edit this archived sidebar

Elections
Recent: May[edit] 6: United Kingdom, General 16: Dominican Republic, Parliament 23: Ethiopia, General 23: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament 24: Trinidad and Tobago, General 25: Suriname, Parliament 28–29: Czech Republic, Parliament 30: Colombia, President (1^st Round) Upcoming: June[edit] 1: Egypt, Shura Council 6: Slovenia, Border dispute agreement referendum 9: Netherlands, General 12: Slovakia, Parliament 13: Belgium, General 20: Colombia, President (2^nd Round) 20: Poland, President edit this archived sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded[edit] Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi India: Ajmal Kasab 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[edit] 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 Japan: Peter James Bethune 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[edit] Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford edit this archived sidebar

Holidays and observances
May 2010[edit] Ongoing[edit] 30 – 31: Kaamatan (Labuan, Sabah) Current[edit] 31: World No Tobacco Day 31: Syaday (Discordianism) 31: Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity) 31: Castile-La Mancha Day (Castile-La Mancha) 31: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day (Brunei) 31: Memorial Day (United States) Upcoming[edit] June 2010[edit] 1: International Children's Day 1: Gawai Dayak (Sarawak) 1: Madaraka Day (Kenya) edit this archived sidebar