Portal:Current events/September 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical H1N1/09 flu pandemic West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Scientific Expedition 20 Political Honduran constitutional crisis Nigerien constitutional crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification

Recent deaths
September 28: Guillermo Endara 27: William Safire 25: Alicia de Larrocha 25: Pierre Falardeau 24: Susan Atkins 23: Ertuğrul Osman 19: Yoshito Usui 18: Irving Kristol 17: Virginia Chadwick 17: Frank Deasy 17: Leon Kirchner 17: Noordin Mohammad Top

Ongoing conflicts

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

Elections
Recent August 30: Gabon, President 30: Japan, Parliament September 1: Vanuatu, President 14: Norway, Parliament 16: Switzerland, Federal Council 20: Macau, Legislative 25: Aruba, Parliament 27: Germany, Parliament 27: Portugal, Parliament 27: Switzerland, Referendum Upcoming: October October 2: Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum October 4: Greece, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Canada: Larry O'Brien New Zealand: Clayton Weatherton Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector, Bernard Madoff, William J. Jefferson Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays  and observances

September Ongoing 25 – October 1: Dashain (Nepal) 28 – 30: Thimphu Tsechu (Bhutan) Current 30: International Translation Day 30: Botswana Day (Botswana) 30: Morelos' Birthday (Mexico) 30: Agricultural Reform Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) Upcoming September 11 9 years since the September 11 attacks October 1: International Translation Day 1: International Day of Older Persons 1: World Vegetarian Day 1: Unification Day (Cameroon) 1: Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Singapore, Sri Lanka) 1: Independence Day (Cyprus), Independence Day (Nigeria), Independence Day (Palau)) 1: Investiture of New Captains Regent (San Marino) 1: Armed Forces Day (South Korea) 1: 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China 1: Tuvalu Day (Tuvalu) 1: Teachers' Day (Uzbekistan) 2: International Day of Non-Violence 2: Gandhi Jayanti (India) 2: Sukkot (Judaism, begins at sunset) 2: Independence Day (Guinea) 2 – 4: Chuseok (South Korea)