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Ongoing events

Economic Worldwide recession Financial crisis Global Iceland Ireland (banking / financial) Russia Automotive industry crisis Sun Microsystems acquisition Political / Military Malagasy political crisis Piracy in Somalia Treaty of Lisbon ratification North Korean nuclear program Fijian constitutional crisis Thai political crisis Imprisonment of Roxana Saberi International recognition of Kosovo Humanitarian Zimbabwean cholera outbreak Mexican / American swine flu outbreak

Recent deaths
April 25: Beatrice Arthur 22: Ken Annakin 22: Jack Cardiff 21: Jack Jones 19: J. G. Ballard 19: Doc Blanchard 18: Edward George 18: Bill Orton 16: Viktor Paskov 15: Clement Freud 14: Peter Rogers 13: Mark Fidrych 13: Jack D. Hunter 13: Harry Kalas

Ongoing conflicts

Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Somali Civil War Second Tuareg Rebellion Second Ugandan Civil War Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Internal conflict in Burma Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Insurgency in the Philippines South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict The Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War Internal conflict in Peru

Elections

Recent April 4: Slovakia, President (second round) 5: Republic of Macedonia, President (second round) 5: Moldova, Parliament 9: Indonesia, Parliament 9: Algeria, President 16: India, Parliament (first round) 19: Haiti, Senate 19: Northern Cyprus, Parliament 22: South Africa, National Assembly 23: India, Parliament (second round) Ongoing 25: Iceland, Parliament Upcoming April 26: Ecuador, President and Parliament 26: Andorra, Parliament 26: Ecuador, President and Parliament 30: India, Parliament (third round)

Trials

Recently concluded Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector  Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Larry O'Brien Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six  Upcoming United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays  and observances

April Ongoing 9 - May 28: Omer (Judaism) 19 - 25: Bright Week (Eastern Christianity) 20 - May 2: Riḍván (Bahá'í Faith) 23 - 25: Rosh Chodesh Iyar (Judaism) 24 - 26: Global Youth Service Day Current 25: DNA Day 25: Red Hat Society Day 25: Bright Saturday (Eastern Christianity) 25: Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga) 25: Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt) 25: Flag Day (Faroe Islands, Swaziland) 25: Arbor Day (Germany) 25: Liberation Day (Italy) 25: Army Day (North Korea) 25: Freedom Day (Portugal) Upcoming 26: World Intellectual Property Day 26: Thomas Sunday (Eastern Christianity) 26: Confederate Memorial Day (Florida, Georgia) 26: Liberation Day (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) 26: Union Day (Tanzania)