Portal:Current events/July 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economic Automotive industry crisis Global Financial Crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Worldwide recession Labour unrest in China Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Political killings in the Philippines Scientific Expedition 24 Environmental Haiti earthquake response Gulf of Mexico oil spill Heatwave in India Flooding in southern China Heatwave in the Northern Hemisphere North-east China oil spill

Recent deaths

July 31: Suso Cecchi d'Amico 29: Ignacio Coronel Villarreal 27: Ravi Baswani 27: Maury Chaykin 27: Jack Tatum 26: Al Goodman 25: Vasco de Almeida e Costa 25: Redford White 24: Theo Albrecht 24: Alex Higgins 23: Daniel Schorr 22: Kenny Guinn 21: Luis Corvalán 19: Cécile Aubry 19: Stephen Schneider 19: David Warren 17: Bernard Giraudeau 16: James Gammon 15: Peter Fernandez 14: Charles Mackerras 14: Mădălina Manole

Ongoing conflicts

Africa Chadian Civil War Darfur conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Somali Civil War Middle East Iraq War Israeli–Arab conflict South Yemen insurgency Turkey–PKK conflict Asia Afghanistan war Balochistan conflict Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Nagaland ethnic conflict Naxalite–Maoist insurgency North-West Pakistan war Philippines insurgency South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war Peru internal conflict

Elections
Recent: July 4: Poland, President (2nd Round) 11: Japan, House of Councillors 19: Suriname, President (indirect) 23: Burundi, National Assembly 28: Burundi, Senate (indirect) Upcoming: August 1: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament 4: Kenya, Constitutional referendum 4: Solomon Islands, General 9: Rwanda, President 14: Guinea, President (2nd Round) 21: Australia, Federal

Trials

Recently concluded Australia: Jayant Patel Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Manuel Noriega India: Ajmal Kasab Japan: Peter James Bethune Ongoing Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590, Jérôme Kerviel Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. 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 United States: David Headley, Rod Blagojevich Upcoming Singapore: Alan Shadrake Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays  and observances
July 2010 Current 31: Ka Hae Hawai'i Day (Flag Day) (Hawai'i) Upcoming August 2010 1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere) 1: Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 1: Swiss National Day (Switzerland) 1: Lammas (England and Scotland)