Portal:Current events/April 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Disasters Japan earthquake and tsunami Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political Belgian political crisis Arab Spring Bahrain protests Egyptian revolution Libyan Civil War Syrian protests Tunisian Revolution Yemen protests Moriarty Tribunal Wisconsin unions protests Scientific Expedition 26

Recent deaths

April 30: Saif al-Arab Gaddafi 30: Richard Holmes 30: Ernesto Sabato 28: Erhard Loretan 27: David Wilkerson 27: Orlando Bosch 26: Jim Mandich 26: Phoebe Snow 25: Poly Styrene 25: Joe Perry 24: Sathya Sai Baba 24: Madame Nhu 24: Marie-France Pisier 23: Peter Lieberson 23: Max van der Stoel 23: Norio Ohga 23: John Sullivan 20: Allan Brown 20: Tim Hetherington 20: Chris Hondros 19: Elisabeth Sladen 19: Grete Waitz 18: William Donald Schaefer 18: Pietro Ferrero Jr. 17: AJ Perez 15: Gerry Alexander 14: Trevor Bannister 14: Walter Breuning 14: William Lipscomb 14: Arthur Marx 12: Ronnie Coyle 11: Simon Milton 11: Angela Scoular 10: Bill Brill 10: Daniel Catán

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Libyan Civil War Tunisian Revolution Maghreb insurgency OEF – Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Chad civil war Sudan: War in Darfur Sudanese nomadic conflicts Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF – Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Balochistan conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict Iran–PJAK conflict Asia Afghanistan Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan Terrorism North-West Pakistan Balochistan Drone attacks Sectarian violence India Terrorism Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Northeast India Nagaland Kashmir Siachen Korean maritime border Southeast Asia Laos insurgency Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Philippines insurgency OEF – Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict

Elections

Recent: April 10: Peru, General 13:Tamil Nadu, Assembly 16: Nigeria, President 17: Finland, Parliament Upcoming: April 18 April to 10 May: West Bengal, Assembly (six phases) 25: Chad, President 26: Nigeria, Parliament (2nd round) 30: Benin, Parliament 30: Laos, Parliament Upcoming: May 2: Canada, Parliament 4: Madagascar, President 5: United Kingdom, Alternative Vote referendum 7: Ecuador, Referendum 7: Niue, General 7: Singapore, General

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Indonesia]]: Abu Bakar Bashir Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau 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: David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan

Holidays  and observances
Recent March 8: International Women's Day