Portal:Current events/October 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Global Financial Crisis European sovereign debt crisis French strikes and demonstrations Greek economic crisis Worldwide recession Labour unrest in China Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti Political 2007–2010 Belgian political crisis Scientific Expedition 25 Environmental 2010 Hungarian plant disaster

Recent deaths

October 31: Ted Sorensen 30: Harry Mulisch 29: George Hickenlooper 28: James MacArthur 27: Néstor Kirchner 26: Paul the Octopus 25: Gregory Isaacs 24: Andy Holmes 23: Fran Crippen 23: David Thompson 22: Alex Anderson 20: Bob Guccione 20: Eva Ibbotson 19: Tom Bosley 18: Ken Wriedt 16: Giannis Dalianidis 16: Barbara Billingsley 15: Malcolm Allison 14: Simon MacCorkindale 14: Benoît Mandelbrot 12: Claire Rayner 11: Joan Sutherland 10: Hwang Jang-yop 10: Solomon Burke 10: Adán Martín Menis

Ongoing conflicts

Africa Chadian Civil War Darfur conflict Maghreb insurgency Somali Civil War Middle East Iraq War Arab–Israeli conflict South Yemen insurgency Turkey–PKK conflict Asia Afghanistan war Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Nagaland ethnic conflict Naxalite–Maoist insurgency North-West Pakistan war Philippines insurgency South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war Peru internal conflict

Elections

Recent: October 10: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament 15–16, 22–23: Czech Republic, Senate (a third) 23: Bahrain, Parliament Ongoing: October 31: Brazil, President (2nd Round) 31: Côte d'Ivoire, President 31: Niger, Constitutional referendum 31: Tanzania, General Upcoming: November 2: American Samoa, General and Constitutional referendum 2: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class III" Senators) 7: Azerbaijan, Parliament 7: Comoros, President (1st Round) 7: Myanmar, General 9: Jordan, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel Germany: Nadja Benaissa India: Ajmal Kasab Iran: Hossein Derakhshan Portugal: Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 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: Thomas Remengesau Jr. Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines]]: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Alan Shadrake, Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra 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
October 2010 Upcoming 31: Halloween November 2010 Upcoming 1: All Saints' Day, Day of the Dead 11: Veterans Day 14: Father's Day (Nordic countries) 15: Shichi-Go-San (Japan) 25: Thanksgiving (United States) and Thanksgiving (Netherlands) 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland)