Portal:Current events/January 2007/Sidebar

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; Ivorian Civil War; Kurdish conflict in Turkey; Second Chechen War; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan civil war; Taliban insurgency; War in Somalia;

Events
	Georgia-Russia spying dispute; Inquiry into death of Alexander Litvinenko; Ipswich murders investigation; Iran's nuclear program; Lebanese anti-government protest; Litvinenko murder investigation; Mark Foley scandal; NSA warrantless surveillance controversy; Possible NK six-party talks; Riots in Tonga; Taiwan political crisis; Unrest in Oaxaca; Weather/natural disasters North Indian cyclone season; Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Durian; ; Southern Hemisphere cyclone season;

Elections

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: New Year's Day 1: Independence Day (Brunei) and (Haiti) 1: Flag Day (Lithuania) 7: Christmas (Orthodox) 8: Coming-of-Age Day Japan 14: Old New Year (Orthodox) 14: Makar Sankranti India 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (United States) 20: Islamic New Year (Islam, est.) 20: Remembrance of Muharram begins (Shi'a Islam, est.) 26: Australia Day (Australia) 26: Republic Day (India) 27: Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom) 28: The King's Namesday (Sweden) 29: Day of Ashura (Islam, est.)