Portal:Current events/March 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Japan earthquake and tsunami Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political Belgian political crisis Ivorian political crisis Moriarty Tribunal Arab Spring Algeria protests Bahrain protests Egyptian revolution Jordan protests Libyan civil war Tunisian Revolution Yemen protests Iran protests Wisconsin unions protests Sports 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Scientific Expedition 26

Recent deaths

March 31: Gil Clancy 29: José Alencar 29: Iakovos Kambanellis 29: Robert Tear 27: Farley Granger 27: H. R. F. Keating 26: Paul Baran 26: Harry Coover 26: Diana Wynne Jones 26: Geraldine Ferraro 23: Fred Titmus 23: Elizabeth Taylor 23: Richard Leacock 21: Nikolai Andrianov 21: Loleatta Holloway 21: Pinetop Perkins 19: Knut 18: Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy 18: Warren Christopher 18: Drew Hill 18: Jet Harris 17: Michael Gough 17: Ferlin Husky 15: Nate Dogg 15: Yakov Kreizberg 15: Smiley Culture 13: Owsley Stanley 12: Joe Morello

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Libya Tunisian Revolution Maghreb OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta Ivory Coast Chad Sudan Darfur Nomadic conflicts Lord's Resistance Army Ogaden Somalia Somali Civil War Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus Ingushetia Middle East Iraqi insurgency Balochistan Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK Iran–PJAK Asia Afghanistan Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan Terrorism North-West Pakistan Balochistan Drone attacks Sectarian violence India Terrorism Jammu and Kashmir Naxalite-Maoist Northeast India Nagaland Kashmir Siachen Korean maritime border 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: March 12: Niger, President (2nd Round) 13: Benin, President (1st Round) 19: Egypt, Constitutional referendum 20: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd Round) 20: Haiti, President (2nd Round) Upcoming: April 2: Nigeria, Parliament 3: Kazakhstan, President 3: Andorra, Parliament 8: Djibouti, President 9: Nigeria, President 9: Iceland, loan guarantees referendum 10: Peru, General 13:Tamil Nadu, Assembly 17: Benin, Parliament 17: Finland, Parliament 30: Laos, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Indonesia]]: Abu Bakar Bashir Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders 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, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan

Holidays  and observances
Recent March 8: International Women's Day