Portal:Current events/March 2007/Sidebar

Events

Recent 2007 National People's Congress Ipswich murders investigation Taiwanese political crisis 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel Ongoing Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy Global spread of H5N1 Iran's nuclear program Lebanese anti-government protest Litvinenko murder investigation NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Six-party talks Natural disasters North Indian cyclone season Pacific typhoon season Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

Recent deaths
March 25: Andranik Margaryan 23: Robert E. Petersen 23: Ed Bailey 23: Mao Anqing 21: Catherine Seipp 20: Taha Yassin Ramadan 19: Calvert DeForest 19: Luther Ingram 18: Bob Woolmer 17: John Backus 17: Freddie Francis 16: Sally Clark 15: Charles Harrelson 15: Bowie Kuhn 15: Stuart Rosenberg 14: Lucie Aubrac 14: Gareth Hunt 12: Preah Maha Ghosananda 11: Betty Hutton 10: Richard Jeni

Ongoing armed conflicts

Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada) Brazilian gang violence Central African War Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo Nigerian Oil Crisis Hamas-Fatah clashes War in Somalia Ivorian Civil War Kurdish conflict in Turkey Sa'dah conflict Second Chechen War South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Taliban insurgency Darfur conflict

Elections
Recent March 10: Malta local council elections 11: Mauritania, President 18: Finland, Parliament 24: New South Wales, General Election 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive 26: Quebec, National Assembly 26: Egypt, constitutional referendum Upcoming March 31: Benin, National Assembly April 12: Malacca, Malaysia, Machap by-election

Trials

Upcoming U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Ethiopia: CUD relating to 2005 elections. Iran: Nazanin Fatehi Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: Tom DeLay

Holidays and observances

1: St Davids Day United Kingdom 4: Purim (Jewish holiday) 10: Arba'een (Shi'a Islam) 12: Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations) 12: Arbor Day (China) 14: White Day (Japan and Korea) 14; New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar) 15: National Day (Hungary) 15: Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) 17: Saint Patrick's Day 18: Mothering Sunday (Britain) 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity) 19: Fathers' Day 19: Canberra Day (Australian Capital Territory) 20: Norouz (Iran and Zoroastrianism) 21: Independence Day (Namibia) 21: World Poetry Day 21: Equinoctial Earth Day 22: World Day for Water 23: Republic Day (Pakistan) 24: World Tuberculosis Day 25: Freedom Day (Belarus) 25: Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity) 28: Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 30: Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 30: Land Day (Palestinian communities) 31: César Chávez Day (various U.S. states) 31: Freedom Day (Malta) 31: Mawlid (Sunni Islam) April 1: April Fools' Day 1: Palm Sunday 2: Passover 5: Qingming Festival (China, Macau)