Portal:Current events/December 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical H1N1/09 flu pandemic West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Honduran constitutional crisis Nigerien constitutional crisis U.S. health care reform debate Scientific Expedition 22

Recent deaths
December 30: Abdurrahman Wahid 29: "Dr. Death" Steve Williams 29: Akmal Shaikh 28: The Rev 27: Maryam Babangida 26: Jacques Sylla 26: Dennis Brutus 24: George Michael 24: Rafael Caldera 23: Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme 22: Luis Francisco Cuéllar 22: Albert Scanlon 21: Craigie Aitchison 20: Arnold Stang 20: Brittany Murphy 19: Hussein-Ali Montazeri 19: Kim Peek

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

Elections
Recent December 12: Abkhazia, President 13: Catalonia, Query on Catalonia independence 13: Chile, President and Parliament 18: Dominica, Parliament 20: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round, if necessary) 27: Uzbekistan, Parliament 27: Croatia, President (1st round) Upcoming: January, 2010 10: Croatia, President (2nd round, if necessary) 26: Sri Lanka, President

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Canada: Larry O'Brien Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox New Zealand: Clayton Weatherston Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian 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) 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 Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon

Holidays  and observances
December Ongoing 26 - January 1: Kwanzaa (African Americans) 31 - January 1: Hogmanay (Scotland) Current 31: New Year's Eve 31: Feast of Sharaf (Bahá'í Faith) 31: Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan) 31: Restoration of the Republic (Geneva) 31: Jonkonnu parades (Caribbean) January 2010 Upcoming 1: New Year's Day