Portal:Current events/January 2012/Sidebar

Ongoing events

2011 East Africa drought 2011 Southern US drought 2011 Tuvalu drought Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Smartphone patent wars Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Occupy movement 2011 United States public employee protests 2011 Chilean protests Anti-austerity protests Greek protests 2011 Spanish protests Israeli social protests Arab Spring Post-Tunisian Revolution Post-Egyptian Revolution Post-Libyan Civil War Syrian uprising - ongoing Moroccan protests - reforms Yemeni uprising - transition Bahraini uprising - repressed Jordanian protests - reforms News International phone hacking scandal Scientific Expedition 30

Recent deaths

January 31: Anthony Bevilacqua 29: John Rich 29: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 29: Camilla Williams 26: Ian Abercrombie 26: Kartar Singh Duggal 26: Alex Eadie 26: Clare Fischer 26: Colin Tarrant 25: Paavo Berglund 24: Theodoros Angelopoulos 24: Sukumar Azhikode 23: David Atkinson 22: Joe Paterno 21: Jeffrey Ntuka 20: Etta James 19: Sarah Burke 17: Aengus Fanning 14: Pearse Hutchinson 13: Rauf Denktaş 11: Frank Cook 11: Edgar Kaiser 10: Mary Raftery 9 : Bridie Gallagher 9: Malam Bacai Sanhá 8: John Madin 6: Bob Holness 6: Bob Weston 4: Eve Arnold 4: Harry Fowler 2: Gordon Hirabayashi 1: Gary Ablett 1: Bob Anderson 1: Kiro Gligorov 1: Ed Jenkins 1: James Reed

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict South Sudan tribal clashes Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Tuareg rebellion Europe North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia 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 South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war

Elections

Recent: January 3–4/10–11: Egypt, Parliament (3rd phase) 13: Kiribati, President 14: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and Legislative Yuan (Parliament) 15: Kazakhstan, Parliament Upcoming: January 22: Croatia, Referendum 29–30 January/5–6 February: Egypt, Shura Council (1st phase) Upcoming: February 2: Kuwait, Parliament 5: Finland, President (2nd round) 12: Turkmenistan, President 14–15 February/21–22 February: Egypt, Shura Council (2nd phase) 21: Yemen, President 26: Senegal, President

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano Germany: John Demejanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders] Peru: Joran van der Sloot Russia: Bhagavad Gita Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko semi-United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Norway: Anders Behring Breivik United States: Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton