Portal:Current events/Sidebar

About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia

Ongoing events

Disasters Horn of Africa famine Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Smartphone patents wars Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa American listeriosis outbreak Political Anti-austerity protests Greek protests 2011 Spanish protests Israeli social protests Arab Spring Bahraini uprising Post-Mubarak transition (following the revolution) Jordanian protests Libyan civil war Moroccan protests Syrian uprising Tunisian revolution Yemeni uprising Chilean student protests News International phone hacking scandal Occupy Wall Street Scientific Expedition 29 Sports Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Recent deaths

September 27: David Croft 27: Sara Douglass 27: Wilson Greatbatch 27: Stuart Spencer 26: Jessy Dixon 26: Wangari Maathai 25: Theyab Awana 24: Gusty Spence 23: Orlando Brown 23: Carl Wood 22: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 22: Aristides Pereira 21: Troy Davis 20: Burhanuddin Rabbani 19: Dolores Hope 18: Bayless Manning 18: Kurt Sanderling 17: Eleanor Mondale 17: Charles H. Percy 16: Kara Kennedy 15: Frances Bay 15: Otakar Vávra 14: Malcolm Wallop 13: Walter Bonatti 13: John Calley 13: Richard Hamilton 13: David Jull 13: DJ Mehdi 12: Alexander Galimov 11: Andy Whitfield 10: Cliff Robertson 8: Mary Fickett 8: Vo Chi Cong 7: Pavol Demitra 7: Alexander Karpovtsev 7: Igor Korolev 7: Stefan Liv 7: Brad McCrimmon 7: Karel Rachůnek 7: Ruslan Salei 7: Kārlis Skrastiņš 7: Josef Vašíček 7: Alexander Vasyunov 6: Hans Apel 6: Michael S. Hart 5: Salvatore Licitra 5: Bobby Rhine 4: Lee Roy Selmon 3: Sándor Képíró 3: Julio Casas Regueiro 2: Felipe Camiroaga 1: Liu Huang A-tao

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 Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war War 2009- Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah 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 Shi’ite insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK 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: September 11: Guatemala, President (1st round) and Parliament 15: Denmark, Parliament 17: Latvia, Parliament 18: Liechtenstein, Abortion referendum 20: Zambia, General 24: United Arab Emirates, Parliament 25: France, Senate Upcoming: September 29: Isle of Man, General 29 September–1 October: Seychelles, Parliament Upcoming: October 9: Poland, Parliament 9: Cameroon, President 9: Paraguay, Expatriate voting referendum 11: Liberia, General

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: John Galliano Germany: John Demjanjuk Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Jacques Chirac Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Italy: Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) 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: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Conrad Murray, Charles P. White Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton

Holidays  and observances
Recent