Portal:Current events/March 2012/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Political Occupy movement Arab Spring Post-Tunisian Revolution Post-Egyptian revolution Libyan factional fighting Bahraini uprising - ongoing Syrian uprising - ongoing Malian coup d'état News International phone hacking scandal Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Icelandic financial crisis Irish financial crisis Spanish financial crisis Smartphone patent wars Scientific Expedition 30 Medical AIDS pandemic HIV/AIDS in Africa

Recent deaths

March 31: Judith Adams 30: Leonid Shebarshin 29: Albert Hadley 29: Montjeu 29: Michael Peterson 28: Harry Crews 28: Earl Scruggs 27: Hilton Kramer 27: Adrienne Rich 25: Priscilla Buckley 25: Tony Newton 25: Larry Stevenson 25: Bert Sugar 25: Antonio Tabucchi 24: Paul Callaghan 24: Vince Lovegrove 24: Jocky Wilson 23: Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed 22: Mohammed Merah 21: Ron Erhardt 21: Tonino Guerra 21: Lincoln Hall 20: Mel Parnell 20: Jim Stynes 18: George Tupou V 18: Furman Bisher 17: Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria 17: John Demjanjuk 17: Margaret Whitlam 17: Chaleo Yoovidhya 16: Estanislau Basora 16: Mervyn Davies 14: Pierre Schoendoerffer 14: Ċensu Tabone 13: Jock Hobbs 12: Michael Hossack 12: Friedhelm Konietzka 11: John Souza 11: Ian Turpie 10: Frank Sherwood Rowland 10: Jean Giraud 9: Peter Bergman 8: Minoru Mori 8: Simin Daneshvar 7: Włodzimierz Smolarek 6: Marcos Alonso Imaz 6: Donald M. Payne 5: Francisco Xavier do Amaral 5: Philip Madoc 5: Robert B. Sherman 5: William Heirens 4: Paul McBride 4: Don Mincher 4: Runako Morton 4: John C. Reiss 3: Ralph McQuarrie 3: Ronnie Montrose 3: Alex Webster 2: Norman St John-Stevas 2: Van T. Barfoot 2: James Q. Wilson 1: Blagoje Adžić 1: Andrew Breitbart 1: Lucio Dalla

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict South Sudan tribal clashes Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Tuareg Rebellion Europe North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran–Jundallah conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK 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 South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict

Elections

Recent: March 11: El Salvador, Parliament 11: Switzerland, Referendum 16: Moldova, President (indirect) 17: East Timor, President 18: Germany, President (indirect) 18: Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) 24: Abkhazia, Parliament (2nd round) 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive (indirect) 25: Senegal, President (2nd round) 25: Slovenia, Family Code referendum 25: South Ossetia, President (1st round) 29: Gambia, Parliament Upcoming: March 31: Mauritania, Parliament Upcoming: April 8: South Ossetia, President (2nd round) 11: South Korea, Parliament 16: East Timor, President (2nd round) 22: France, President (1st round) 22: Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round) 27: Papua New Guinea, General

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano Germany: John Demjanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders Peru: Joran van der Sloot Russia: Bhagavad Gita Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams, Michael Rafferty China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Norway: Anders Behring Breivik United States: Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton, Bradley Manning, Jerry Sandusky, Robert Bales