Portal:Current events/April 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Arab-Israeli conflict; Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines; Waziristan War; Fatah-Hamas conflict; War in Somalia; Turkey-PKK conflict; Second Chechen War; Ogaden conflict; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; War in Afghanistan; War in Darfur;

Recent deaths
	April 29: Albert Hofmann; 25: John H. McConnell; 25: Humphrey Lyttelton; 24: Kenneth Keith Kallenbach; 22: Paul Davis; 21: Al Wilson; 19: Germaine Tillion; 17: Danny Federici; 17: Aimé Césaire; 17: Gwyneth Dunwoody; 16: Edward Norton Lorenz; 16: Joe Feeney; 15: Hazel Court; 15: Krister Stendahl; 13: John Archibald Wheeler; 13: Ollie Johnston; 12: Cecilia Colledge; 12: Jerry Zucker; 12: Patrick Hillery; 8: Stanley Kamel; 7: Ludu Daw Amar; 5: Charlton Heston; 3: Frosty Freeze;

Ongoing events
	Central Asia energy crisis; Democratic presidential primaries; Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence; Economic crisis in U.S. and Europe; Kenyan crisis; Olympic torch relay; Republican presidential primaries; Subprime mortgage crisis; Unrest in Tibet; World food price crisis;

Elections
Recent 6: Montenegro, President 9: South Korea, Parliament 10: Nepal, Constituent Assembly 13: Italy, Parliament (to April 14) 20: Paraguay, General 23: Guernsey, General 23: Tonga, General (to April 24) 25: Iran, Legislative (2nd round) 26: Nauru, Parliament 30: Niue, Parliament

Trials
Upcoming Canada: Larry O'Brien US: James Charles Kopp US: Ehren Watada US: Tom DeLay US: William J. Jefferson US: Kwame Kilpatrick US: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances
1: April Fools' Day 4: Qingming Festival (Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) 7: World Health Day 19: Passover starts 21: Patriots' Day (Observed in Massachusetts and Maine and Wisconsin; see Patriots' Day) 22: Earth Day 25: ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand); Day of Silence; DNA day 25: Good Friday (Eastern; Western date is March 21) 27: Easter (Eastern; Western date is March 23) 30: Walpurgisnacht May 1: May Day and Labor Day (various countries), Law Day (Some U.S. States) 1: Beltane (Ireland) 1: St. Joseph (Roman Catholic) 4: Remembrance of the Dead (Netherlands) 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) 5: Children's Day (Japan and Korea) 5: Liberation Day (Netherlands) 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe) 9: Victory in Europe Day (Eastern Europe) 9: Europe Day (European Union) 9: International Nurses Day 11: Mother's Day (United States) 12: Finland Day 17: Norwegian Constitution Day 21: Battle of Iquique (Chile) 24: Independence Day (Eritrea) 25: May Revolution (Argentina)