Portal:Current events/August 2009/Sidebar

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;

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 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;

Elections
August 4: Niger, Constitutional referendum 20: Afghanistan, President 30: Gabon, President 30: Japan, Parliament 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)