Portal:Current events/August 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 Scientific Expedition 20 STS-128 Political Honduran constitutional crisis Nigerien constitutional crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification

Recent deaths
August 29: Simon Dee 28: Adam Goldstein 26: Abdul Aziz al-Hakim 26: Dominick Dunne 26: Ellie Greenwich 25: Ted Kennedy 24: Toni Sailer 22: Muriel Duckworth 22: Elmer Kelton 21: Johnny Carter 20: Larry Knechtel 20: Dudu Topaz 19: Don Hewitt 18: Rose Friedman 18: Kim Dae-jung 18: Hugo Loetscher 18: Robert Novak

Ongoing conflicts

Worldwide War on terror Africa / Middle East Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict 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 conflict Mexican drug war

Elections
Recent August 4: Niger, Constitutional referendum 20: Afghanistan, President 30: Gabon, President 30: Japan, Parliament Upcoming September 1: Vanuatu, President 14: Norway, Parliament 16: Switzerland, Federal Council 20: Macau, Legislative 25: Aruba, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Canada: Larry O'Brien New Zealand: Nai Yin Xue New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector, Bernard Madoff, William J. Jefferson Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays  and observances

August Ongoing 21 evening – September 20: Ramadan (Islam) 23 – September 3: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism) 28 – 31: Umhlanga (Swaziland) Current 31: Summer Bank Holiday (England, Northern Ireland, Wales) 31: Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan) 31: Hari Merdeka (Malaysia) 31: National Language Day (Moldova) 31: National Heroes' Day (Philippines) 31: Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago) September Upcoming 1: Parkash Guru Granth Sahib (Sikhism) 1: Revolution Day (Eritrea) 1: National Day (Libya) 1: Random Acts of Kindness Day (New Zealand) 1: Knowledge Day (Russia) 1: Teachers' Day (Singapore) 1: Constitution Day (Slovakia) 1: Independence Day (Uzbekistan)