Portal:Current events/January 2010/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; Internal conflict in Peru;

Recent deaths
	January 31: Pauly Fuemana; 29: Ram Niwas Mirdha; 28: Eduardo Catalano; 28: Alistair Hulett; 27: J. D. Salinger; 27: Zelda Rubinstein; 27: Howard Zinn; 26: Dag Frøland; 25: Ali Hassan al-Majid; 25: Charles Mathias; 24: Robert Mosbacher; 24: Pernell Roberts; 24: Ghazali Shafie; 23: Roger Pierre; 23: Earl Wild; 22: James Mitchell; 22: Sultan Iskandar of Malaysia; 22: Jean Simmons; 21: Jacques Martin; 21: Paul Quarrington; 20: Konstantin Popov; 19: Abraham Sutzkever; 19: Bill McLaren; 18: Robert B. Parker; 18: Kate McGarrigle;

Ongoing events
	Economic Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis; Worldwide recession; Medical West African meningitis outbreak; HIV/AIDS in Africa; Political Canadian anti-prorogation protests; Honduran constitutional crisis; Nigerien constitutional crisis; U.S. health care reform debate; Scientific Expedition 22; Humanitarian 2010 Haiti earthquake;

Elections
Recent: January 10: Croatia, President (2^nd round) 11: French Guiana, Autonomy referendum 11: Martinique, Autonomy referendum 17: Chile, President (2^nd round) 17: Ukraine, President (1^st round) 22: Netherlands Antilles, General 25: Saint Kitts and Nevis, General 26: Sri Lanka, President Upcoming: February 3: Greece, President 7: Costa Rica, General 7: Ukraine, President (2^nd round)

Trials
Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox New Zealand: Clayton Weatherston Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 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), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: 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 States: Viktor Bout, Sheila Dixon, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays and observances
February 2010 Current 1: Suyapa Day (Honduras) 1: Federal Territory Day (Malaysia) 1: Abolition Day (Mauritius) 1: Constitution Day (Mexico) 1: Nelson Anniversary Day (Nelson Province) 1: Heroes' Day (Rwanda) 1: National Freedom Day (United States) Upcoming 2: World Wetlands Day 2: Candlemas (Western Christianity) 2: Imbolc (Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere) 2: Lughnasadh (Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere) 2: Inventors' Day (Thailand) 2: National Agriculture Day (Thailand) 2: Groundhog Day (United States, Canada) 3: Setsubun (Japan) 3: Heroes' Day (Mozambique) 3: Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) 3: Veterans' Day (Thailand) 3: Four Chaplains Day (United States)