Portal:Current events/January 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Automotive industry crisis Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Icelandic financial crisis Nord-Kivu campaign Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Slovakian transition to the Euro Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis Zimbabwean cholera outbreak

Recent deaths

January 30: H. Guy Hunt 30: Ingemar Johansson 29: Bill Frindall 29: John Martyn 28: Wendell Wyatt 28: Billy Powell 27: John Updike 26: James Brady 25: Mamadou Dia 24: Kay Yow 23: George Perle 21: Jean Jadot 20: David Newman 18: Tony Hart 17: Anders Isaksson 17: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild 16: Sidney Brichto 16: Andrew Wyeth 16: John Mortimer 15: Tapan Sinha 14: Ricardo Montalbán 13: Doña Mary Ejercito 13: Patrick McGoohan 13: Dai Llewellyn 12: Claude Berri 12: Arne Næss 11: Pio Laghi 11: David Vine 10: Bill Stone 10: Eluned Phillips 9: T. Llew Jones 9: Rob Gauntlett 8: Richard John Neuhaus 8: Lasantha Wickramatunga 6: Ron Asheton 5: Cheryl Holdridge 5: Carl Pohlad 5: Griffin Bell 4: Lei Clijsters 3: Pat Hingle 3: Ulf G. Lindén 3: Sir Alan Walters 2: Valentina Giovagnini 1: Willard Warren Scott, Jr. 1: Edmund Purdom 1: Claiborne Pell 1: Helen Suzman 1: Nizar Rayan 1: Oscar Grant

Ongoing conflicts

War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Casamance Conflict Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Second Chechen War Colombian Civil War War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Iraq War Israeli-Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Kayin State Conflict Kivu conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb Mexican Drug War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Insurgency in Ogaden War in North-West Pakistan Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines The Secret War Somali Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War War on Terrorism South Thailand insurgency Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey-PKK conflict Second Ugandan Civil War

Elections

Recent January 12 January: Malta, President (by the parliament) 18 January: El Salvador, Parliament 25 January: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum Upcoming February 2 February: Somalia, President (by the parliament) 8 February: Turkmenistan, Parliament (3rd Round) 8 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament 8 February: Switzerland, Referendum on freedom of movement with the European Union 10 February: Israel, Parliament

Trials

Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Sheila Dixon U.S.: Joseph Bruno Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China (Taiwan): Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Phil Spector

Upcoming holidays and observances

February 1: Suyapa Day (Honduras) 1: Federal Territory Day (Malaysia) 1: Abolition Day (Mauritius) 1: Heroes' Day (Rwanda) 1: National Freedom Day (United States) 2: World Wetlands Day 2: Candlemas (Western Christianity) 2: Imbolc (Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere) 2: Lughnasadh (Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere) 2: Constitution Day (Mexico) 2: Nelson Anniversary Day (Nelson Province) 2: Inventors' Day (Thailand) 2: National Agriculture Day (Thailand) 2: Groundhog Day (United States, Canada)