Portal:Current events/January 2011/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 Political instability in Belgium Political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire Anti-government protests in Egypt Popular uprising in Tunisia Sports 2011 Australian Open Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg Scientific Expedition 26

Recent deaths

January 30: John Barry 30: Ajahn Maha Bua 29: Dariush Homayoon 29: Milton Babbitt 28: Margaret Price 27: Charlie Callas 26: Gladys Horton 26: David Kato 26: Charlie Louvin 25: Daniel Bell 23: Bernd Eichinger 23: Jack LaLanne 22: Park Wan-suh 20: Sexy Cora 20: John Jacob Rhodes III 19: Ernest McCulloch 18: Sargent Shriver 18: Milton Rogovin 17: Don Kirshner 17: Keith Davey 16: Steve Prestwich 15: Nat Lofthouse 15: Susannah York 15: Harvey James 11: David Nelson 10: John Dye 10: María Elena Walsh 10: Margaret Whiting 9: Peter Yates

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Tunisian protests Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Ivorian crisis Chadian Civil War Darfur conflict Sudanese nomadic conflicts LRA insurgency Ogaden insurgency Somali Civil War Somali Civil War (2009–present) OEF - Horn of Africa Piracy in Somalia Europe Republican Dissidents Conflict Basque conflict Insurgency in the North Caucasus Civil war in Ingushetia Middle East Iraqi insurgency Balochistan conflict 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 Afghan 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 maritime border incidents Laos insurgency Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border stand-off Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict

Elections
Recent: January 9-15: Sudan, Southern Sudan independence referendum 23: Central African Republic, General 23: Portugal, President Upcoming: January 31: Niger, President (1st round) and Parliament 6: Cape Verde, Parliament Upcoming: February 13: Switzerland, Referendum 18: Uganda, President (1st round) and General 20: Chad, Parliament 27: Benin, President (1st round)

Trials

Recently concluded Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Iran: Hossein Derakhshan Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology 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: 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: 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
Upcoming 3 February: Chinese New Year (Chinese world); Korean New Year (Korea); Tết (Vietnam)