Portal:Current events/December 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Africa / Middle East Chadian Civil War; Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Niger Delta conflict; Shia insurgency in Yemen; South Yemen insurgency; 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
	December 30: Abdurrahman Wahid; 29: "Dr. Death" Steve Williams; 29: Akmal Shaikh; 28: The Rev; 27: Maryam Babangida; 26: Jacques Sylla; 26: Dennis Brutus; 24: George Michael; 24: Rafael Caldera; 23: Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme; 22: Luis Francisco Cuéllar; 22: Albert Scanlon; 21: Craigie Aitchison; 20: Arnold Stang; 20: Brittany Murphy; 19: Hussein-Ali Montazeri; 19: Kim Peek;

Ongoing events
	Economic Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis; Worldwide recession; Medical H1N1/09 flu pandemic; West African meningitis outbreak; HIV/AIDS in Africa; Political Honduran constitutional crisis; Nigerien constitutional crisis; U.S. health care reform debate; Scientific Expedition 22;

Elections
December 12: Abkhazia, President 13: Catalonia, Query on Catalonia independence 13: Chile, President and Parliament 18: Dominica, Parliament 20: Comoros, Parliament (2^nd round, if necessary) 27: Uzbekistan, Parliament 27: Croatia, President (1^st round) Upcoming: January, 2010 10: Croatia, President (2^nd round, if necessary) 26: Sri Lanka, President

Trials
Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Canada: Larry O'Brien Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox New Zealand: Clayton Weatherston Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector, Bernard Madoff, William J. Jefferson Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq]]: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: [Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)\|Charles Taylor]] (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon

Holidays and observances
December Ongoing 26 – January 1: Kwanzaa (African Americans) 31 – January 1: Hogmanay (Scotland) Current 31: New Year's Eve 31: Feast of Sharaf (Baháʼí Faith) 31: Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan) 31: Restoration of the Republic (Geneva) 31: Jonkonnu parades (Caribbean) January 2010 Upcoming 1: New Year's Day