Portal:Current events/June 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Gaza Strip); Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Insurgency in the Philippines; Fatah-Hamas conflict; War in Somalia; Turkey-PKK conflict; Second Chechen War; Insurgency in Ogaden; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; War in Afghanistan; War in North-West Pakistan; War in Darfur; Civil war in Chad; ; Sa'dah insurgency; (large-scale wars in bold) edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	June edit 22: Dody Goodman; 22: George Carlin; 21: Scott Kalitta; 21: Kermit Love; 18: Jean Delannoy; 17: Cyd Charisse; 16: Gareth Jones; 15: Stan Winston; 14: Esbjörn Svensson; 13: Tim Russert; 11: Võ Văn Kiệt; edit sidebar

Ongoing events
	Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence; UEFA Euro 2008; Economic crisis in U.S. and Europe; Olympic torch relay; Subprime mortgage crisis; U.S. presidential election; World food price crisis; edit sidebar

Elections
Recent edit 1: Macedonia, Assembly 1: Switzerland, Referendum 7: Niue, Parliament 12: Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum 22: Slovenia, Regionalisation referendum 27: Zimbabwe, President (2nd round) 29: Mongolia, Legislative edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming edit Canada: Larry O'Brien US: James Charles Kopp US: Ehren Watada US: Tom DeLay US: William J. Jefferson US: Kwame Kilpatrick US: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá Ongoing edit Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Barry George US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector edit sidebar

Upcoming holidays and observances
8: Dragon Boat Festival (Traditional Chinese) 9: Shavuot 20: June Solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha 30: Independence Day (Congo) July edit 1: Canada Day (Canada) 4: Independence Day (United States) edit sidebar