Portal:Current events/December 2006/Sidebar

Events

Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak Cole Inquiry Georgia-Russia spying dispute Inquiry into death of Alexander Litvinenko Iran's nuclear program Mark Foley scandal NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Possible NK six-party talks Riots in Tonga Taiwan political crisis Unrest in Oaxaca Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Weather/natural disasters North Indian cyclone season Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Durian Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

Deaths
25: James Brown 30: Saddam Hussein

Ongoing armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada) War in Chad Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo Somalia War Ivorian Civil War Kurdish conflict in Turkey Second Chechen War South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan civil war Taliban insurgency

Elections
2: Bahrain, Parliament (2nd round) 3: Venezuela, President 3: Madagascar, General and President 3: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round) 11: Saint Lucia, Parliament 16/18/20: United Arab Emirates, Parliament 17: Gabon, Parliament

Trials

Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Chile: Augusto Pinochet Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, on charges related to the 2005 elections. Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Saddam Hussein & military chiefs of staff Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Tom DeLay

Holidays and observances

1: World AIDS Day 4: Navy Day (India) 6: Independence Day (Finland) 15: Hanukkah begins (Judaism, est., sunset) 23: Hanukkah ends (Judaism, est., sunset) 25: Christmas (Western Christianity) 26: Kwanzaa begins (United States) 28: Day of the Holy Innocents (Ibero-America) 30: Eid ul-Adha begins (Islam, est., sunset) 30: José Rizal Day (Philippines) 31: Hogmanay (Scottish culture) 31: New Year's Eve