Portal:Current events/September 2013/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economic Great Recession Cypriot financial crisis Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2012–13 North American drought 2013 Atlantic hurricane season 2013 China–Russia floods 2013 Colorado floods 2013 extreme weather events 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2013 Pacific hurricane season 2013 Pacific typhoon season 2013 Southwest China floods 2013 Sudan floods Political 2013 mass surveillance disclosures More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

September 30: John Hopkins 30: Janet Powell 29: Harold Agnew 29: Pete T. Cenarrusa 29: L. C. Greenwood 29: Marcella Hazan 27: Gates Brown 27: John Calvert 27: A. C. Lyles 26: Denis Brodeur 26: Evelyn G. Lowery 25: Timothy Joseph Lyne 25: José Montoya 25: Paul Oliver 24: Paul Dietzel 24: Anthony Lawrence 23: Oscar Espinosa Chepe 23: Jane Connell 23: Harry Goodwin 23: John Hipwell 23: Christopher Koch 23: Gia Maione 23: Ruth Patrick 22: David H. Hubel 22: Álvaro Mutis 22: Luciano Vincenzoni 21: Ruhila Adatia-Sood 21: Kofi Awoonor 21: Michel Brault 20: Carolyn Cassady 20: Ron Richards 19: John D. Vanderhoof 19: Hiroshi Yamauchi 18: Ken Norton 18: Marcel Reich-Ranicki 18: Richard C. Sarafian 17: Marvin Rainwater 17: Eiji Toyoda 16: Scott Adams 16: Philip Berg 16: Chin Peng 15: Joyce Jacobs 15: Jackie Lomax 13: Rick Casares 13: Patti Webster 12: Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki 12: Ray Dolby 12: Sheldon Hackney 12: Candace Pert 12: Joan Regan 12: Frank Tripucka 11: Marshall Berman 11: Keith Dunstan 11: Prince Jazzbo 10: John Hambrick 10: Clay Shaw 9: Sunila Abeysekera 9: Saul Landau 8: Louise Currie 8: Cal Worthington 7: Joseph Granville 7: Barney Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe 7: Fred Katz 6: Ann C. Crispin 6: Dick Hess 5: Sushmita Banerjee 5: Rochus Misch 4: Arthur George 4: Stanislav Stepashkin 3: Ariel Castro 2: Ronald Coase 2: David Jacobs 2: Frederik Pohl 2: Paul Scoon 1: Zvonko Bušić 1: Tommy Morrison 1: Gordon Steege 1: Ken Wallis

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara DR Congo M23 rebellion Egypt Political violence Sinai insurgency Libya Libyan factional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict 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 Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence 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 North Caucasus insurgency 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: September 7: Australia, Federal 7: Maldives, President 9: Norway, Parliament 15: Macau, Legislative 16–18: Rwanda, Parliament 20: Swaziland, General 22: Germany, Federal 22: Switzerland, Referenda 27: Aruba, General 28: Guinea, Legislative 29: Austria, Legislative 30: Cameroon, Parliament Upcoming: October 6: Belize and Guatemala, International Court of Justice referral referendum 8: Ethiopia, President (indirect) 9: Azerbaijan, President 15: Yemen, Constitutional referendum 20: Luxembourg, General 20: San Marino, Referenda 25: Madagascar, President (1st round) 25–26: Czech Republic, Legislative 27: Argentina, Legislative 27: Georgia, President

Trials

Recently concluded Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY) Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: 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 United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, 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 Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Beate Zschape 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 Russia: Platon Lebedev Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Koo Stark, Liam Adams, Eddy Shah, William Roache United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi South Africa: Oscar Pistorius United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale, Nicholas Jacobs United States: Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz