Portal:Current events/March 2014/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economic Great Recession Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Health 2014 Guinea ebola outbreak Political Crimea crisis Russian military intervention in Ukraine Crimea's accession to Russia Garda Síochána phone-tapping scandal Global surveillance disclosures Pro-EU protests in Ukraine South Sudan conflict Taiwan protests Thailand political crisis Venezuela protests More details on ongoing conflicts below Sports 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Recent deaths

March 31: Irene Fernandez 30: Kate O'Mara 30: Phuntsok Wangyal 29: Hobart Alter 29: Karl Spillman Forester 28: Jeremiah Denton 28: Lorenzo Semple, Jr. 27: Derek Martinus 27: James R. Schlesinger 25: Jon Lord 25: Nanda 25: Jonathan Schell 25: Ralph Wilson 24: Oleksandr Muzychko 23: Peter Oakley 23: Adolfo Suárez 23: Oderus Urungus 22: Mickey Duff 22: Patrice Wymore 21: Jack Fleck 21: James Rebhorn 21: Ignatius Zakka I Iwas 20: Hilderaldo Bellini 20: Tonie Nathan 20: Khushwant Singh 19: Fred Phelps 19: Robert Schwarz Strauss 19: Lawrence Walsh 18: Joe Lala 18: Lucius Shepard 17: Oswald Morris 17: L'Wren Scott 16: Gary Bettenhausen 15: Scott Asheton 15: David Brenner 15: Howard Callaway 15: Clarissa Dickson Wright 14: Tony Benn 14: Roger Leir 14: Glenn McDuffie 14: Bob Thomas 13: Reubin Askew 13: Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond 13: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah 12: Věra Chytilová 12: Richard Coogan 12: Shawn Kuykendall 11: Dean Bailey 11: Len Buckeridge 11: Christine Buckley 11: Bob Crow 10: Joe McGinniss 9: Mohammed Fahim 9: William Clay Ford, Sr. 9: Nazario Moreno González 8: Leo Bretholz 8: James Ellis 8: William Guarnere 8: Roy Higgins 8: Wendy Hughes 8: Gerard Mortier 8: Larry Scott 7: Hal Douglas 6: Frank Jobe 6: David Koff 6: Sheila MacRae 6: Marion Thorpe 5: Geoff Edwards 4: Mark Freidkin 4: William R. Pogue 4: Wu Tianming 3: Kurt Chew-Een Lee 3: Harold Mowery 3: Sherwin B. Nuland 2: Ryhor Baradulin 2: Molly Bobak 2: Justin Kaplan 1: Bangaru Laxman 1: Alain Resnais

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents in 2014 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Central African Republic Civil conflict Egypt Islamist unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Islamist insurgency in Nigeria Somalia Civil war Sudan and South Sudan Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Russia North Caucasus insurgency Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe Dissident Irish Republican campaign War in Ingushetia Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections

Recent: March 9: Colombia, Parliament 9: El Salvador, President (2nd round) 9: North Korea, Parliament 15: Slovakia, President (1st round) 16: Serbia, Parliament 22: Maldives, Parliament 29: Slovakia, President (2nd round) Upcoming: April 5: Afghanistan, President (tentative) 6: Costa Rica, President (2nd round) 6: Hungary, Parliament 7: India, Parliament (1st phase) 9: India, Parliament (2nd phase) 9: Indonesia, Legislative 10: India, Parliament (3rd phase) 12: India, Parliament (4th phase) 13: Guinea-Bissau, General 13: Macedonia, President (1st round) 17: Algeria, President 17: India, Parliament (5th phase) 24: India, Parliament (6th phase) 27: Macedonia, President (2nd round) and parliament 30: India, Parliament (7th phase) 30: Iraq, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC) Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, 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 Hall, 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 United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, 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 Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Bongbong Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Oscar Pistorius Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Max Clifford, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Germany: Bernie Ecclestone Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Rolf Harris United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell