Portal:Current events/August 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 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

August 31: David Frost 30: William C. Campbell 30: Seamus Heaney 30: Lotfi Mansouri 29: Cliff Morgan 29: Bruce C. Murray 29: Steven Tari 28: Murray Gershenz 28: Frank Pulli 27: Anatoly Onoprienko 27: Bill Peach 26: John J. Gilligan 24: Julie Harris 23: Charles Lisanby 23: Dean Meminger 23: Gilbert Taylor 22: Ronald Motley 22: Paul Poberezny 21: Sid Bernstein 21: C. Gordon Fullerton 20: Narendra Dabholkar 20: Elmore Leonard 20: Marian McPartland 20: Ted Post 19: Russell S. Doughten 19: José Sarria 19: Cedar Walton 19: Lee Thompson Young 18: Dezső Gyarmati 18: Eyob Mekonnen 15: Bert Lance 15: Rosalía Mera 15: Marich Man Singh Shrestha 15: Jacques Vergès 14: Gia Allemand 14: Jack Germond 14: Lisa Robin Kelly 14: Allen Lanier 12: Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 10: William P. Clark, Jr. 10: László Csatáry 10: Eydie Gormé 10: David C. Jones 9: Eduardo Falú 9: William Lynch, Jr. 8: Karen Black 8: Jack Clement 8: Barbara Mertz 8: Regina Resnik 7: Margaret Pellegrini 6: Stan Lynde 5: Ruth Asawa 5: Shawn Burr 5: George Duke 5: Roy Rubin 4: Art Donovan 4: Sandy Woodward 3: John Palmer 2: Julius L. Chambers 2: V. Dakshinamoorthy 1: Chua Boon Huat 1: Dick Kazmaier

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents War on Drugs 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: August 11: Mali, President and Parliament (2nd round) Upcoming: September 7: Australia, Federal 7: Maldives, President 9: Norway, Parliament 15: Macau, Legislative 16-18: Rwanda, Parliament 20: Swaziland, General 22: Germany, Federal 24: Guinea, Legislative 27: Aruba, General 29: Austria, Legislative 30: Cameroon, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Canada: Michael 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 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 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 United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming Czech Republic: Václav Klaus 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, Richie Farmer, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz