Portal:Current events/January 2012/Sidebar

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;

Recent deaths
	January 31: Anthony Bevilacqua; 29: John Rich; 29: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro; 29: Camilla Williams; 26: Ian Abercrombie; 26: Kartar Singh Duggal; 26: Alex Eadie; 26: Clare Fischer; 26: Colin Tarrant; 25: Paavo Berglund; 24: Theodoros Angelopoulos; 24: Sukumar Azhikode; 23: David Atkinson; 22: Joe Paterno; 21: Jeffrey Ntuka; 20: Etta James; 19: Sarah Burke; 17: Aengus Fanning; 14: Pearse Hutchinson; 13: Rauf Denktaş; 11: Frank Cook; 11: Edgar Kaiser; 10: Mary Raftery; 9 : Bridie Gallagher; 9: Malam Bacai Sanhá; 8: John Madin; 6: Bob Holness; 6: Bob Weston; 4: Eve Arnold; 4: Harry Fowler; 2: Gordon Hirabayashi; 1: Gary Ablett; 1: Bob Anderson; 1: Kiro Gligorov; 1: Ed Jenkins; 1: James Reed;

Ongoing events
	2011 East Africa drought; 2011 Southern US drought; 2011 Tuvalu drought; Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis; Greek economic crisis; ; Smartphone patent wars; Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa; Political Occupy movement; 2011 United States public employee protests; 2011 Chilean protests; Anti-austerity protests Greek protests; 2011 Spanish protests; Israeli social protests; ; Arab Spring Post-Tunisian Revolution; Post-Egyptian Revolution; Post-Libyan Civil War; Syrian uprising - ongoing; Moroccan protests - reforms; Yemeni uprising - transition; Bahraini uprising - repressed; Jordanian protests - reforms; ; News International phone hacking scandal; Scientific Expedition 30;

Elections
Recent: January 3–4/10–11: Egypt, Parliament (3rd phase) 13: Kiribati, President 14: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and Legislative Yuan (Parliament) 15: Kazakhstan, Parliament Upcoming: January 22: Croatia, Referendum 29–30 January/5–6 February: Egypt, Shura Council (1st phase) Upcoming: February 2: Kuwait, Parliament 5: Finland, President (2nd round) 12: Turkmenistan, President 14–15 February/21–22 February: Egypt, Shura Council (2nd phase) 21: Yemen, President 26: Senegal, President

Trials
Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano Germany: John Demejanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders Peru: Joran van der Sloot Russia: Bhagavad Gita Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko semi-United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray 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