Portal:Current events/February 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political Belgian political crisis Ivorian political crisis Arab world protests and instability Algeria Bahrain Egypt Jordan Libya Tunisia Yemen Iran Sports Scientific Expedition 26

Recent deaths

February 28: Annie Girardot 28: Jane Russell 27: Frank Buckles 27: Duke Snider 26: Zhu Guangya 26: Arnošt Lustig 24: Suze Rotolo 22: Ion Hobana 22: Nicholas Courtney 21: Premananda 17: Dave Duerson 17: Bill Monroe 16: Santi Santamaria 16: Len Lesser 15: Joe Frazier 14: George Shearing 13: T. P. McKenna 12: Peter Alexander 12: Kenneth Mars 10: Blanche Honegger Moyse 9: Miltiadis Evert 8: Angelo Reyes 7: Maria Altmann 6: Josefa Iloilo 6: Ken Olsen 6: Andrée Chedid 6: John Paul Getty III 6: Gary Moore 5: Brian Jacques

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Tunisian Revolution Insurgency in the Maghreb OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Conflict in the Niger Delta 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis Civil war in Chad Sudan War in Darfur Nomadic conflicts Lord's Resistance Army Insurgency in Ogaden Somalia Somali Civil War Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus Ingushetia Middle East Iraqi insurgency Balochistan Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK Iran–PJAK Asia Afghanistan Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan Terrorism North-West Pakistan Balochistan Drone attacks Sectarian violence India Terrorism Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency] Insurgency in Northeast India Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean maritime border incidents Southeast Asia Insurgency in Laos Internal conflict in Burma Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Insurgency in the Philippines OEF - Philippines Papua conflict* Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent: February 6: Cape Verde, Parliament 13: Chad, Parliament 13: Switzerland, Referendum 18: Uganda, General 25: Ireland, General Upcoming: March 2: Netherlands, Provincial 4: Samoa, General 6: Benin, President (1st Round) 6: Estonia, Parliament 8: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Indonesia]]: Abu Bakar Bashir Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Buju Banton, David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani Upcoming [Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan

Holidays  and observances
Recent 17 February: Lantern Festival (Chinese)