Portal:Current events/August 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Horn of Africa famine Economic Japanese recession Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis August 2011 stock markets fall Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political Anti-austerity protests Greek protests Spanish protests Arab Spring Bahraini uprising Egyptian revolution Jordanian protests Libyan civil war Moroccan protests Syrian uprising Tunisian Revolution Yemeni uprising Belgian political crisis Chilean student protests Kurdish protests News International phone hacking scandal Scientific Expedition 28

Recent deaths

August 31: Wade Belak 29: David "Honeyboy" Edwards 27: Stetson Kennedy 25: Lazar Mojsov 24: Frank DiLeo 24: Mike Flanagan 22: Nick Ashford 22: John Howard Davies 22: Jack Layton 22: Jerry Leiber 19: Raúl Ruiz 19: Jimmy Sangster 18: Paul Lockyer 17: Vasyl Dzharty 16: Andrej Bajuk 16: Huw Ceredig 14: Shammi Kapoor 14: Shawn Tompkins 12: Charles P. Murray Jr. 12: Robert Robinson 11: Jani Lane 11: Karen Overington 10: Babak Masoumi 7: Mark Hatfield 7: Harri Holkeri 7: Nancy Wake 6: John Wood 5: Andrzej Lepper 5: Francesco Quinn 4: Naoki Matsuda 3: Annette Charles 3: Ray Patterson 3: Bubba Smith 2: Baruj Benacerraf 1: Stan Barstow

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Libyan civil war Tunisian Revolution Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict Iran–PJAK 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 Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict

Elections
Recent: August 7: Cape Verde, President (1st round) 7: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round) 21: Cape Verde, President (2nd round) 23: Liberia, Constitutional referendum 26: Abkhazia, President 27: Singapore, President Upcoming: August 29–30: Estonia, President (indirect) Upcoming: September 11: Guatemala, General 15: Denmark, Parliament 17: Latvia, Parliament 20: Zambia, General

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Germany: John Demjanjuk Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau 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 Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: David Headley, Ahmed Ghailani, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Roger Clemens Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, Conrad Murray, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton

Holidays  and observances