Portal:Current events/March 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Africa / Middle East Darfur conflict; Fourth Chadian Civil War; Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Niger Delta conflict; South Yemen insurgency; Somali Civil War; Turkey–PKK conflict; War in Afghanistan; Asia Balochistan conflict; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Insurgency in the Philippines; Ethnic conflict in Nagaland; Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; South Thailand insurgency; War in North-West Pakistan; Americas Colombian conflict; Mexican drug war; Internal conflict in Peru;

Recent deaths
	March 30: Jaime Escalante; 30: David Mills; 28: June Havoc; 27: Dick Giordano; 27: Peter Herbolzheimer; 27: Vasily Smyslov; 26: Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; 25: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann; 24: Robert Culp; 24: Daphne Park; 23: Midge Costanza; 23: Alan King-Hamilton; 23: Blanche Thebom; 22: James W. Black; 22: Valentina Tolkunova; 21: Wolfgang Wagner; 20: Harry Carpenter; 20: Girija Prasad Koirala; 20: Stewart Udall; 18: Fess Parker;

Ongoing events
	Economics Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis Greek economic crisis; European sovereign debt crisis; ; Worldwide recession; Medical West African meningitis outbreak; HIV/AIDS in Africa; Political Canadian anti-prorogation protests; Colombian legislative elections; Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal; Nigerian presidential power crisis; Philippine presidential elections; U.S. health care reform debate; Scientific Expedition 23; ; Sport 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament; 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament; Humanitarian Haiti earthquake response;

Elections
Recent: March 4: Togo, President 6: Iceland, Debt repayment referendum 7: Iraq, Parliament 7: Switzerland, Referendum 14: Colombia, Parliament Upcoming: April 8: Sri Lanka, Parliament 11: Hungary, Parliament (1^st Round) 11–13: Sudan, General 18: Northern Cyprus, President 24: Nauru, Parliament 25: Austria, President 25: Central African Republic, General 25: Hungary, Parliament (2^nd Round)

Trials
Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon United Kingdom: Peter Chapman Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq]]: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays and observances
Ongoing February 15 – April 3: Great Lent (Eastern Christianity) February 17 – April 3: Lent (Western Christianity) March 29 evening – April 6: Passover (Judaism) March 30 evening – May 18: Omer (Judaism) March 2010 Current 31: Holy Wednesday (Western Christianity) 31: Pohnpei Culture Day (Federated States of Micronesia) 31: Freedom Day (Malta) 31: Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey) 31: César Chávez Day (United States) 31: Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands) April 2010 Upcoming 1: April Fools' Day