Portal:Current events/February 2012/Sidebar

Ongoing events

2011 Tuvalu drought 2012 Fiji floods Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Smartphone patent wars Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Occupy movement Anti-austerity protests Greek protests Protests following the 2011 Russian elections Arab Spring Post-Tunisian Revolution Post-Egyptian revolution Post-Libyan Civil War Bahraini uprising - ongoing Syrian uprising - ongoing Yemeni uprising - ongoing Jordanian protests - reforms Moroccan protests - reforms News International phone hacking scandal Scientific Expedition 30

Recent deaths

February 29: Davy Jones 27: Tina Strobos 25: Lynn Compton 25: Erland Josephson 24: Jan Berenstain 24: Kenneth Price 23: Bruce Surtees 22: Dmitri Nabokov 22: Frank Carson 22: Marie Colvin 22: Rémi Ochlik 21: Pierre Juneau 21: Colin Ireland 20: Katie Hall 20: Sullivan Walker 19: Renato Dulbecco 19: Robin Corbett 18: María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat 18: Cal Murphy 18: George Brizan 18: Rose Cliver 17: Robert Carr 17: Michael Davis 16: Gary Carter 16: Baddeley Devesi 16: Anthony Shadid 15: Charles Anthony 15: James Whitaker 14: Tonmi Lillman 14: Dory Previn 13: Lillian Bassman 13: Freddie Solomon 12: David Kelly 11: Whitney Houston 9: Jill Kinmont Boothe 9: Fred Dickson 9: Josh Gifford 8: Luis Alberto Spinetta 7: Harry Keough 6: Janice E. Voss 6: Antoni Tàpies 4: Florence Green 3: Steve Appleton 3: Ben Gazzara 3: Zalman King 1: Don Cornelius 1: Angelo Dundee 1: Wisława Szymborska

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict South Sudan tribal clashes Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Tuareg rebellion Europe North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran–Jundallah conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK 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 South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war

Elections

Recent: February 2: Kuwait, Parliament 5: Finland, President (2nd round) 12: Turkmenistan, President 14–15 February/21–22 February: Egypt, Shura Council (2nd phase) 18: Latvia, Constitutional referendum 21: Yemen, President Upcoming: February 26: Senegal, President 26: Syria, Constitutional referendum Upcoming: March 2: Iran, Parliament 2: Pakistan, Senate (indirect) 4: Russia, President 7: Belize, Parliament 10: Slovakia, Parliament 10: Abkhazia, Parliament 11: El Salvador, Parliament 12: Switzerland, Referendum 17: East Timor, President 18: Germany, President (indirect) 18: Guinea-Bissau, President 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive (indirect) 25: Slovenia, Same-sex union referendum 25: South Ossetia, President 29: Gambia, Parliament 31: Mauritania, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano Germany: John Demjanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders Peru: Joran van der Sloot Russia: Bhagavad Gita Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray, George Huguely Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Norway: Anders Behring Breivik United States: Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton, Bradley Manning