Portal:Current events/January 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Canadian anti-prorogation protests Honduran constitutional crisis Nigerien constitutional crisis U.S. health care reform debate Scientific Expedition 22 Humanitarian 2010 Haiti earthquake

Recent deaths

January 31: Pauly Fuemana 29: Ram Niwas Mirdha 28: Eduardo Catalano 28: Alistair Hulett 27: J. D. Salinger 27: Zelda Rubinstein 27: Howard Zinn 26: Dag Frøland 25: Ali Hassan al-Majid 25: Charles Mathias 24: Robert Mosbacher 24: Pernell Roberts 24: Ghazali Shafie 23: Roger Pierre 23: Earl Wild 22: James Mitchell 22: Sultan Iskandar of Malaysia 22: Jean Simmons 21: Jacques Martin 21: Paul Quarrington 20: Konstantin Popov 19: Abraham Sutzkever 19: Bill McLaren 18: Robert B. Parker 18: Kate McGarrigle

Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Shia insurgency in Yemen South Yemen insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent: January 10: Croatia, President (2nd round) 11: French Guiana, Autonomy referendum 11: Martinique, Autonomy referendum 17: Chile, President (2nd round) 17: Ukraine, President (1st round) 22: Netherlands Antilles, General 25: Saint Kitts and Nevis, General 26: Sri Lanka, President Upcoming: February 3: Greece, President 7: Costa Rica, General 7: Ukraine, President (2nd round)

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox New Zealand: Clayton Weatherston Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector, Bernard Madoff, William J. Jefferson Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Sheila Dixon, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays  and observances

February 2010 Current 1: Suyapa Day (Honduras) 1: Federal Territory Day (Malaysia) 1: Abolition Day (Mauritius) 1: Constitution Day (Mexico) 1: Nelson Anniversary Day (Nelson Province) 1: Heroes' Day (Rwanda) 1: National Freedom Day (United States) Upcoming 2: World Wetlands Day 2: Candlemas (Western Christianity) 2: Imbolc (Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere) 2: Lughnasadh (Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere) 2: Inventors' Day (Thailand) 2: National Agriculture Day (Thailand) 2: Groundhog Day (United States, Canada) 3: Setsubun (Japan) 3: Heroes' Day (Mozambique) 3: Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) 3: Veterans' Day (Thailand) 3: Four Chaplains Day (United States)