Portal:Current events/June 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Worldwide War on terror; Africa / Middle East Chadian Civil War; War in Darfur; Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Conflict in the Niger Delta; Somali Civil War; Second Tuareg Rebellion; Turkey–PKK conflict; Asia War in Afghanistan; Balochistan conflict; Internal conflict in Burma; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Laotian Secret War; 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
	June 28: Billy Mays; 25: Farrah Fawcett; 25: Michael Jackson; 24: Roméo LeBlanc; 23: Ed McMahon; 23: Jerri Nielsen; 23: Phyllis Busansky; 22: Steve Race; 20: Neda Agha-Soltan; 18: Ali Akbar Khan; 17: Ralf Dahrendorf; 17: John Houghtaling; 14: Bob Bogle; 13: Mitsuharu Misawa; 12: Félix Malloum; 12: Huey Long; 9: Norman E. Brinker; 9: Karl Michael Vogler; 3: David Carradine;

Ongoing events
	Economic Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis; Worldwide recession; Humanitarian Flu pandemic; Zimbabwean cholera outbreak; Political / Military British Parliamentary spending and vote-selling scandals; Constitutional change in the Philippines; Fijian constitutional crisis; Iranian election protests; Peruvian political crisis; North Korean nuclear program; Piracy in Somalia; Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal; Thai political crisis; Treaty of Lisbon ratification; Australian "Utegate" scandal; Scientific Soyuz TMA-14 and 15;

Elections
June 4–7: European Union, Parliament 7: Denmark, Act of Succession referendum 7: Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies 7: Lebanon, Parliament 12: Iran, President 21: Haiti, Senate (2nd Round) 21–22: Italy, Electoral law referendum Upcoming 28: Albania, Parliament 28: Argentina, Legislative 28: Guinea-Bissau, President

Trials
Recently concluded New Zealand: Nai Yin Xue New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector Ongoing Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Larry O'Brien France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays and observances
June Ongoing 15–29: Apostles' Fast (Eastern Christianity) Current 24: Feast of Raḥmat (Baháʼí Faith) 24: Saint John the Baptist Day (Christianity) 24: Rath Yatra (Hinduism) 24: Midsummer Day (England) 24: Jāņi (Latvia) 24: Saint Jonas' Festival (Lithuania) 24: Manila Day (Manila) 24: National Holiday (Quebec) 24: Inti Raymi (Sacsayhuamán) 24: Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) Upcoming 25: Flag Day (LGBT) 25: Statehood Day (Croatia) 25: Independence Day (Mozambique) 25: Statehood Day (Slovenia) 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 26: International Day in Support of Torture Victims 26: Army and Navy Day (Azerbaijan) 26: Independence Day (Madagascar) 26: Reconciliation Day (New Caledonia) 26: Flag Day (Romania) 26: Independence Day (Somalia) 26: Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)