Portal:Current events/January 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	War in Afghanistan; Balochistan conflict; Casamance Conflict; Chadian Civil War (2005–2010); Second Chechen War; Colombian Civil War; War in Darfur; Fatah–Hamas conflict; Iran-PJAK conflict; Iraq War; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Kayin State Conflict; Kivu conflict; Insurgency in the Maghreb; Mexican Drug War; Ethnic conflict in Nagaland; Naxalite-Maoist insurgency; Conflict in the Niger Delta; Insurgency in Ogaden; War in North-West Pakistan; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; The Secret War; Somali Civil War; Sri Lankan Civil War; War on Terrorism; South Thailand insurgency; Second Tuareg Rebellion; Turkey-PKK conflict; Second Ugandan Civil War;

Recent deaths
	January 30: H. Guy Hunt; 30: Ingemar Johansson; 29: Bill Frindall; 29: John Martyn; 28: Wendell Wyatt; 28: Billy Powell; 27: John Updike; 26: James Brady; 25: Mamadou Dia; 24: Kay Yow; 23: George Perle; 21: Jean Jadot; 20: David Newman; 18: Tony Hart; 17: Anders Isaksson; 17: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild; 16: Sidney Brichto; 16: Andrew Wyeth; 16: John Mortimer; 15: Tapan Sinha; 14: Ricardo Montalbán; 13: Doña Mary Ejercito; 13: Patrick McGoohan; 13: Dai Llewellyn; 12: Claude Berri; 12: Arne Næss; 11: Pio Laghi; 11: David Vine; 10: Bill Stone; 10: Eluned Phillips; 9: T. Llew Jones; 9: Rob Gauntlett; 8: Richard John Neuhaus; 8: Lasantha Wickramatunga; 6: Ron Asheton; 5: Cheryl Holdridge; 5: Carl Pohlad; 5: Griffin Bell; 4: Lei Clijsters; 3: Pat Hingle; 3: Ulf G. Lindén; 3: Sir Alan Walters; 2: Valentina Giovagnini; 1: Willard Warren Scott, Jr.; 1: Edmund Purdom; 1: Claiborne Pell; 1: Helen Suzman; 1: Nizar Rayan; 1: Oscar Grant;

Ongoing events
	Automotive industry crisis; Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence; Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence; Global financial crisis; Icelandic financial crisis; Nord-Kivu campaign; Piracy in Somalia; Russian financial crisis; Slovakian transition to the Euro; Treaty of Lisbon ratification; World food price crisis; Zimbabwean cholera outbreak;

Elections
Recent January 12 January: Malta, President (by the parliament) 18 January: El Salvador, Parliament 25 January: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum Upcoming February 2 February: Somalia, President (by the parliament) 8 February: Turkmenistan, Parliament (3rd Round) 8 February: Liechtenstein, Parliament 8 February: Switzerland, Referendum on freedom of movement with the European Union 10 February: Israel, Parliament

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Sheila Dixon U.S.: Joseph Bruno Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China (Taiwan): Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Phil Spector

Upcoming holidays and observances
February 1: Suyapa Day (Honduras) 1: Federal Territory Day (Malaysia) 1: Abolition Day (Mauritius) 1: Heroes' Day (Rwanda) 1: National Freedom Day (United States) 2: World Wetlands Day 2: Candlemas (Western Christianity) 2: Imbolc (Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere) 2: Lughnasadh (Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere) 2: Constitution Day (Mexico) 2: Nelson Anniversary Day (Nelson Province) 2: Inventors' Day (Thailand) 2: National Agriculture Day (Thailand) 2: Groundhog Day (United States, Canada)