Portal:Current events/May 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Japan earthquake and tsunami Mississippi River floods Joplin, Missouri tornado Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak E. coli outbreak Political Belgian political crisis Spanish protests Arab Spring Bahrain protests Egyptian revolution Libyan civil war Saudi Arabian protests Syrian protests Tunisian Revolution Yemen protests Wikileaks diplomatic cable releases Scientific Expedition 28

Recent deaths

May 31: Ezzatollah Sahabi 30: Ali Mirza Qajar 30: Bill Roycroft 29: Sergei Bagapsh 29: Bill Clements 29: Ferenc Mádl 27: Janet Brown 27: Jeff Conaway 27: Margo Dydek 27: Gil Scott-Heron 26: Flick Colby 25: Leonora Carrington 25: Terry Jenner 23: Nasser Hejazi 23: Xavier Tondó 22: Joseph Brooks 22: Suzanne Mizzi 21: Bill Hunter 20: Randy Savage 19: Garret FitzGerald 19: Kathy Kirby 17: Harmon Killebrew 17: Frank Upton 16: Bob Davis 16: Edward Hardwicke 15: Samuel Wanjiru 13: Derek Boogaard 13: Bernard Greenhouse 11: Robert Traylor 10: Burt Reinhardt

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 War Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: Terrorism North-West War Balochistan conflict Drone attacks Sectarian violence India: Terrorism Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Northeast India insurgency Nagaland ethnic conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean maritime border incidents 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: May 19–21: Seychelles, President 20: Vietnam, Parliament 22: Cyprus, Parliament 22: Spain, Local and regional 23: Netherlands, Senate (indirect) 28: Malta, Divorce referendum Upcoming: June 5: Macedonia, Parliament 5: Peru, President (2nd round) 5: Portugal, Parliament 7: Latvia, President (indirect) 12: Turkey, General

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Germany: John Demjanjuk United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere 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 Kingdom: Levi Bellfield 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, Conrad Murray

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