Portal:Current events/December 2007/Sidebar

Ongoing armed conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Arab-Israeli conflict; Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; Waziristan War; Hamas-Fatah clashes; War in Somalia; Turkey-PKK conflict Bombing of northern Iraq ; ; Second Chechen War; 2007 Ogaden conflict; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; War in Afghanistan; Darfur conflict;

Recent deaths
	December 29: Abdullah Bin Hussein al-Ahmar; 29: Kevin Greening; 29: Phil O'Donnell; 28: Serigne Saliou Mbacke; 27: Benazir Bhutto; 26: Joe Dolan; 23: Oscar Peterson; 23: Aloísio Lorscheider; 23: Michael Kidd; 22: Julien Gracq; 21: Ken Hendricks; 20: Tommy Byrne; 20: Jeanne Carmen; 17: Don Chevrier; 16: Dan Fogelberg; 12: Ike Turner; 5: Karlheinz Stockhausen; 4: Norval Morrisseau; 4: Pimp C; 4: Chip Reese; 2: Elizabeth Hardwick; 1: Anton Rodgers;

Events
	Ongoing Iran's nuclear program operation; ISS Expedition 16; Subprime mortgage financial crisis; Writers Guild of America strike;

Elections
Recent December 16: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament 18: Bermuda, Parliament 19: South Korea, President 23: Thailand, Parliamentary 23: Uzbekistan, Presidential 27: Kenya, President and Parliament Upcoming December 29: Lebanon, President 31: Bhutan, National Council January 5: Georgia, President, NATO membership referendum, and election date referendum 12: Taiwan, legislators

Trials
Upcoming US: James Charles Kopp US: Ehren Watada US: Tom DeLay US: William J. Jefferson 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

Upcoming holidays and observances
December 30: Jose Rizal Day (Philippines) 31: New Year's Eve January 1: New Year's Day