Portal:Current events/April 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economics Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal Nigerian presidential power crisis Philippine presidential elections Protests and political crisis in Kyrgyzstan Thai political protests United Kingdom general election Scientific 2010 China drought and dust storms Expedition 23 Humanitarian Haiti earthquake response

Recent deaths
April 30: Paul Mayer 30: Gerry Ryan 28: Stefania Grodzieńska 28: Furio Scarpelli 25: Alan Sillitoe 24: Paul Schäfer 24: Dudley Strasburg 23: Natalia Lavrova 23: Peter Porter 21: Juan Antonio Samaranch 19: Guru 19: Carl Williams 17: Dede Allen 17: Alexandru Neagu 16: Rasim Delić 15: Benjamin Hooks 10: Lech Kaczyński 08: Jake Wheeler

Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East Darfur conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict South Yemen insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict War in Afghanistan Asia Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite–Maoist insurgency South Thailand insurgency War in North-West Pakistan Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent: April 4: Bolivia, Regional 8: Sri Lanka, Parliament 11: Hungary, Parliament (1st round) 11–15: Sudan, General 18: Northern Cyprus, President 24: Nauru, Parliament 25: Austria, President 25: Hungary, Parliament (2nd round) Upcoming: May 5: Mauritius, General 6: United Kingdom, General 10: Philippines, General 16: Central African Republic, General 16: Dominican Republic, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon United Kingdom: Peter Chapman Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford

Holidays  and observances

Ongoing March 30 evening – May 18: Sefirat Ha'omer (Judaism) April 4–11: Easter (both Western and Eastern Christianity) April 20 evening – May 2: Riḍván (Baháʼí Faith) 30 evening – May 1: Walpurgis Night (Neopaganism, Satanism) April 2010 Current 30: Queen's Birthday (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 30: Admission Day (Louisiana) 30: Children's Day (Mexico) 30: King's Birthday (Sweden) 30: Arbor Day (United States) 30: Honesty Day (United States) 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam) Upcoming May 2010 1: International Workers' Day