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Ongoing conflicts
	Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency; ; Central African Republic Civil war; ; Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict; ADF insurgency; Katanga insurgency; Ituri conflict; Lord's Resistance Army insurgency; ; Libya Civil war; ; Mali Northern Mali conflict; ; Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram; ; Somalia Civil war; ; South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War; ; Sudan War in Darfur; South Kordofan conflict; ; Americas Colombian conflict; Internal conflict in Peru; Mexican War on Drugs; Asia Afghanistan War; China Xinjiang conflict; ; India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; Insurgency in Northeast India; ; India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict; ; Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan; Balochistan conflict; ; Philippines Communist insurgency; Moro insurgency; ; Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma; Papua conflict; South Thailand insurgency; ; Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict; Georgian–Ossetian conflict; ; Dissident Irish Republican campaign; Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency; War in Ingushetia; ; Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; ; Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine; ; ; Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; ; Egypt Sinai insurgency; ; Iran Iran–PJAK conflict; ; Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq; Iranian intervention in Iraq; ; Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria; Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon; ; Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict; ; Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion; Al-Qaeda insurgency; South Yemen insurgency; ;

Recent deaths
	March 2015 31: Betty Churcher; 31: Klaus Tschira; 30: Helmut Dietl; 29: Juan Carlos Maccarone; 29: Peter Tarsey; 29: Paul Torgersen; 28: Chuck Brayton; 28: Miroslav Ondříček; 28: Gene Saks; 27: Daundre Barnaby; 27: Hot Rod Hundley; 26: Dinkha IV; 26: John Renbourn; 26: Tomas Tranströmer; 25: George Fischbeck; 25: Bill Slayback; 24: Yehuda Avner; 24: Richard Butson; 24: Oleg Bryzhak; 24: Scott Clendenin; 24: Maria Radner; 23: Lil' Chris; 23: Søren Kam; 23: Alan Seymour; 23: Geoff Tunbridge; 23: Lee Kuan Yew; 22: Arkady Arkanov; 22: Norman Scribner; 22: Viktor V. Yanukovych; 21: Chuck Bednarik; 21: Lisa Colagrossi; 21: Milen Dobrev; 21: Hans Erni; 21: Jackie Trent; 21: Alberta Watson; 20: Perro Aguayo Jr.; 20: Eva Burrows; 20: A. James Clark; 20: Ellen Conford; 20: Malcolm Fraser; 20: Robert Kastenmeier; 20: A. J. Pero; 20: Gregory Walcott; 20: Gerald Lee Warren; 19: Michael Brown; 19: Gus Douglass; 19: Providencia Paredes; 19: Danny Schechter; 18: H. Allen Jerkens; 18: Lyle E. Schaller; 17: Bob Appleyard; 17: Alan Richardson; 17: Shaw Taylor; 16: Bruce Crump; 16: Buddy Elias; 16: Andy Fraser; 16: Jack Haley; 16: Miguel Donoso Pareja; 15: Collins Chabane; 15: Xu Caihou; 15: Sally Forrest; 15: Mike Porcaro; 14: Valentin Rasputin; 13: Daevid Allen; 13: Irwin Hasen; 13: Gretchen Kafoury; 13: Meyera Oberndorf; 13: Ray Ritchie; 13: Al Rosen; 12: Ray Arnett; 12: Willie Barrow; 12: Michael Graves; 12: Terry Pratchett; 11: Samuel Charters; 11: Richard Glatzer; 11: Jimmy Greenspoon; 11: Dell Williams; 10: Windell Middlebrooks; 10: Claude Sitton; 10: Stuart Wagstaff; 9: Florence Arthaud; 9: David B. Frohnmayer; 9: Gene Gene the Dancing Machine; 9: James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead; 9: Camille Muffat; 9: Frei Otto; 9: Alexis Vastine; 8: Sam Simon; 8: Lew Soloff; 7: Izola Curry; 7: Derek Day; 7: Brian Sutton-Smith; 7: Ross Turnbull; 6: Ram Sundar Das; 5: Edward Egan; 4: Terry Fearnley; 4: Jam Sebastian; 3: M. Stanton Evans; 3: John Mockler; 2: Bettina Graziani; 2: Dave Mackay; 2: Mal Peet; 1: Deedee Corradini; 1: Jeff McKnight; 1: Minnie Miñoso; 1: Daniel von Bargen; 1: Chris Welp;

Ongoing events
	Economic Financial crisis in Russia; Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL; ; Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger; Sports 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament; More details on ongoing conflicts below ;

Elections
Recent: March 1: Andorra, General Council 1: El Salvador, Legislative Assembly 1: Estonia, Parliament 1: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives 3: Micronesia, Congress 5: Pakistan, Senate 8: Switzerland, Referendum 11: Lebanon, President (20th round) 17: Israel, Knesset 19: Tuvalu, Parliament 21: Egypt, House of Representatives 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President Upcoming: April 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 2: Sudan, President, National Assembly 11: Malta, Referendum 15: Togo, President 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 30: Tanzania, Referendum

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Ji Jianye, Ni Fake Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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