Portal:Current events/November 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis Scientific Expedition 25 Disasters Pike River Mine disaster

Recent deaths

November 29: Mario Monicelli 29: Irvin Kershner 28: Giorgos Fountas 28: Leslie Nielsen 25: Bernard Matthews 25: Alfred Balk 24: Peter Christopherson 22: Frank Fenner 20: Chalmers Johnson 20: David Nolan 19: Pat Burns 19: Atama Zedkaia 18: Freddy Beras-Goico 15: Larry Evans 15: Moira Hoey 13: Luis García Berlanga 13: Allan Sandage 12: Henryk Górecki 10: Dino De Laurentiis 8: Emilio Eduardo Massera 6: Jo Myong-rok 5: Jill Clayburgh 5: Shirley Verrett 4: Sparky Anderson 4: Eugénie Blanchard 4: James Freud 3: Jerry Bock 3: Viktor Chernomyrdin 2: Rudolf Barshai 2: Andy Irons 1: Charlie O'Donnell

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Chadian Civil War Darfur conflict Maghreb insurgency Somali Civil War Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy in Somalia Sudanese nomadic conflicts OEF – Horn of Africa LRA insurgency Europe Basque conflict Insurgency in the North Caucasus Civil war in Ingushetia Middle East Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Baluchi insurgency Palestinian political violence Rocket attacks Israeli–Lebanese conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Conflicts in Yemen Terrorism South Yemen insurgency Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency in Yemen Conflicts in Kurdistan Turkey–PKK conflict Iran–PJAK conflict Asia Afghanistan war Military operations Taliban insurgency Conflicts in Pakistan War on Terror North-West Pakistan war Balochistan conflict Drone attacks Sectarian violence Conflicts in India Terrorism in India Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India Nagaland ethnic conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean conflict Maritime border incidents Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border stand-off Philippines insurgency OEF – Philippines Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict

Elections

Recent: November 21: Burkina Faso, President 23: Jordan, Parliament 25: Tonga, General 27: Iceland, Constitutional Assembly 28: Catalonia, Parliament 28: Côte d'Ivoire, President (2nd round) 28: Moldova, Parliament 28: Haiti, General 28: Egypt, Parliament Upcoming: December 12: Kosovo, Parliament 12: Transnistria, Parliament 13: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, General 19: Belarus, President 26: Comoros, President (2nd round)

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel Germany: Nadja Benaissa India: Ajmal Kasab Iran: Hossein Derakhshan Portugal: Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Buju Banton, David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan

Holidays  and observances
November 2010 Upcoming 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland) December 2010 Upcoming 2 (Sundown): Hanukkah (Jewish) 5: Saint Nicholas Day (Netherlands) 6: Saint Nicholas Day (Belgium) 21: Winter solstice 24: Christmas Eve 25: Christmas Day 26: St Stephen's Day (Europe), Boxing Day (Commonwealth countries) 26–1 January: Kwanzaa (United States 31: New Year's Eve