Portal:Current events/February 2014/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economic Great Recession Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Political Bosnia and Herzegovina unrest Crimea unrest Global surveillance disclosures Pro-EU protests in Ukraine South Sudan conflict Thailand political crisis Venezuela protests More details on ongoing conflicts below Sports Six Nations Championship

Recent deaths

February 27: Aaron Allston 27: Huber Matos 26: Tim Wilson 25: Carlos Gracida 25: Jim Lange 25: Paco de Lucía 24: Franny Beecher 24: Harold Ramis 24: Carlos Páez Vilaró 23: Alice Herz-Sommer 23: Mike Parker 22: Charlotte Dawson 21: Sakis Boulas 20: Walter D. Ehlers 20: Roger Hill 20: Garrick Utley 19: Simón Díaz 19: Dale Gardner 19: Valeri Kubasov 18: Nelson Frazier, Jr. 18: Mavis Gallant 18: Buddy Leake 18: Maria Franziska von Trapp 17: Richard N. Cabela 17: Bob Casale 15: Mary Grace Canfield 15: Christopher Malcolm 15: Horst Rechelbacher 14: Tom Finney 14: Jim Fregosi 14: John Henson 14: Mike Stepovich 13: Ken Jones 13: Balu Mahendra 13: Richard Møller Nielsen 13: Ralph Waite 12: Sid Caesar 12: Maggie Estep 11: Roy Alvarez 10: Els Borst 10: Stuart Hall 10: Shirley Temple 9: Gabriel Axel 9: Marius 8: Nancy Holt 8: Maicon Pereira de Oliveira 7: Arthur J. Hubbard, Sr. 7: Tado 6: Ralph Kiner 6: Maxine Kumin 6: Marty Plissner 5: Richard Hayman 5: Juthika Roy 4: Hazel Sampson 4: Keith Allen 4: Wu Ma 3: Louise Brough 3: Richard Bull 3: Óscar González 3: Gloria Leonard 3: Joan Mondale 3: Barry Rubin 2: Tommy Aquino 2: Philip Seymour Hoffman 2: Luis Raúl 2: Bunny Rugs 1: Luis Aragonés 1: René Ricard 1: Maximilian Schell 1: Gordon Zacks

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents in 2014 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Central African Republic Civil conflict Egypt Post-coup unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Islamist insurgency in Nigeria Somalia Civil war Sudan and South Sudan Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Russia North Caucasus insurgency Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe Dissident Irish Republican campaign War in Ingushetia Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections

Recent: February 2: Costa Rica, President (1st round) and parliament 2: El Salvador, President (1st round) 2: Thailand, General 9: Switzerland, Referendum 20: Libya, Constitutional Assembly Upcoming: March 9: Colombia, Parliament 9: El Salvador, President (2nd round) 9: North Korea, Parliament 15: Slovakia, President (1st round) 16: Serbia, Parliament 22: Maldives, Parliament 29: Slovakia, President (2nd round)

Trials

Recently concluded Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum Ongoing Australia: Craig Thomson Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Jinggoy Estrada, Gregorio Honasan, Janet Lim-Napoles, Bongbong Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Nur Misuari, Manny Pacquiao, Jovito Palparan, Juan Ponce Enrile, Bong Revilla Russia: Platon Lebedev Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Germany: Bernie Ecclestone Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi South Africa: Oscar Pistorius United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rolf Harris, Nicholas Jacobs United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell