Portal:Current events/January 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 Global surveillance disclosures Pro-EU protests in Ukraine (2013–present) Thailand political crisis (2013–present) More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

January 31: Anna Gordy Gaye 31: Miklós Jancsó 28: Herb Kirsh 28: Tom Sherak 28: Sue Wallis 27: Pete Seeger 26: Tom Gola 26: José Emilio Pacheco 25: Dave Strack 25: Morrie Turner 24: Shulamit Aloni 24: Boyd Oxlade 23: Riz Ortolani 22: Martin S. Bergmann 22: Akkineni Nageswara Rao 20: Claudio Abbado 20: Otis G. Pike 19: Christopher Chataway 19: Steven Fromholz 19: Bert Williams 18: Komla Dumor 18: Dennis Frederiksen 17: Mohammed Burhanuddin 17: Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green 17: John J. McGinty III 17: Suchitra Sen 16: Ruth Duccini 16: Russell Johnson 16: Dave Madden 16: Hiroo Onoda 16: José Sulaimán 15: Curtis Bray 15: John Dobson 15: Roger Lloyd-Pack 14: Juan Gelman 14: Mae Young 13: Anjali Devi 12: Neal Barrett, Jr. 12: Alexandra Bastedo 12: John Button 12: Halet Çambel 11: Chai Trong-rong 11: Vugar Gashimov 11: Ariel Sharon 10: Zbigniew Messner 10: Donald Morton 10: Ian Redford 10: Larry Speakes 9: Amiri Baraka 9: Roy Campbell, Jr. 9: Josep Maria Castellet 9: Lorella De Luca 9: Luis García 9: Dale T. Mortensen 8: Edward N. Ney 7: Run Run Shaw 6: Aitzaz Hasan 6: Larry D. Mann 6: Mónica Spear 5: Jerry Coleman 5: Eusébio 5: Simon Hoggart 5: Rod Searle 3: Phil Everly 3: Alicia Rhett 3: Saul Zaentz 2: Elizabeth Jane Howard 1: Pete DeCoursey 1: Michael Glennon 1: Patrick Karegeya 1: Juanita Moore

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 Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence 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 North Caucasus insurgency 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: January 5: Bangladesh, General 14–15: Egypt, Constitutional referendum Upcoming: February 2: Costa Rica, President and parliament 2: El Salvador, President (1st round) 2: Thailand, General 9: Switzerland, Referendum

Trials

Recently concluded Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik 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 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 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, William Roache, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Dave Lee Travis 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