Portal:Current events/June 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Mississippi River floods Flooding in China Souris River flood Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak E. coli outbreak Political Anti-austerity protests Greek protests Spanish protests UK protests Arab Spring Bahraini uprising Egyptian revolution Jordanian protests Libyan Civil War Syrian uprising Tunisian revolution Yemeni uprising Belgian political crisis Freedom Flotilla II Kurdish protests Wikileaks diplomatic cable releases Scientific Expedition 28

Recent deaths

June 30: Sean Wight 27: Lorenzo Charles 27: Mike Doyle 27: Elaine Stewart 26: Duffy Lyon 25: Margaret Tyzack 23: Peter Falk 20: Ryan Dunn 18: Yelena Bonner 18: Frederick Chiluba 18: Clarence Clemons 18: Brian Haw 17: David Brockhoff 17: Betty Fox 17: Rex Mossop 12: Laura Ziskin 11: Seth Putnam 10: Patrick Leigh Fermor 10: Brian Lenihan 9: M. F. Husain 8: John Mackenzie 8: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed 8: Jim Northrup 8: Steve Popovich 8: Roy Skelton

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Libyan Civil War Tunisian Revolution Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict South Kordofan conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict Iran–PJAK 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 Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican Drug War Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict

Elections

Recent: June 12: Turkey, General 12–13: Italy, Referendum 15: Laos, President (indirect) 17–19: Liechtenstein, Registered partnership referendum 22: Palau, Casino referendum Upcoming: July 1: Morocco, Constitutional referendum 3: Thailand, General 17: São Tomé and Príncipe, President 23: Latvia, Parliamentary dissolution referendum 25: Vietnam, President (indirect) Upcoming: August 7: Cape Verde, President 12: Guyana, Parliament 23: Liberia, Constitutional referendum 26: Abkhazia, President 29–30: Estonia, President (indirect)

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Germany: John Demjanjuk Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: David Headley, Ahmed Ghailani, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Casey Anthony Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, Conrad Murray, John Edwards

Holidays  and observances