Portal:Current events/June 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Humanitarian Flu pandemic Zimbabwean cholera outbreak Political / Military British Parliamentary spending and vote-selling scandals Constitutional change in the Philippines Fijian constitutional crisis Iranian election protests Peruvian political crisis North Korean nuclear program Piracy in Somalia Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal Thai political crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification Australian "Utegate" scandal Scientific Soyuz TMA-14 and 15

Recent deaths
June 28: Billy Mays 25: Farrah Fawcett 25: Michael Jackson 24: Roméo LeBlanc 23: Ed McMahon 23: Jerri Nielsen 23: Phyllis Busansky 22: Steve Race 20: Neda Agha-Soltan 18: Ali Akbar Khan 17: Ralf Dahrendorf 17: John Houghtaling 14: Bob Bogle 13: Mitsuharu Misawa 12: Félix Malloum 12: Huey Long 9: Norman E. Brinker 9: Karl Michael Vogler 3: David Carradine

Ongoing conflicts

Worldwide War on terror Africa / Middle East Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Somali Civil War Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey–PKK conflict Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Internal conflict in Burma Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite–Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent June 4–7: European Union, Parliament 7: Denmark, Act of Succession referendum 7: Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies 7: Lebanon, Parliament 12: Iran, President 21: Haiti, Senate (2nd Round) 21–22: Italy, Electoral law referendum Upcoming 28: Albania, Parliament 28: Argentina, Legislative 28: Guinea-Bissau, President

Trials

Recently concluded New Zealand: Nai Yin Xue New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector Ongoing Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Larry O'Brien France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six  Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays  and observances

June Ongoing 15–29: Apostles' Fast (Eastern Christianity) Current 24: Feast of Raḥmat (Baháʼí Faith) 24: Saint John the Baptist Day (Christianity) 24: Rath Yatra (Hinduism) 24: Midsummer Day (England) 24: Jāņi (Latvia) 24: Saint Jonas' Festival (Lithuania) 24: Manila Day (Manila) 24: National Holiday (Quebec) 24: Inti Raymi (Sacsayhuamán) 24: Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) Upcoming 25: Flag Day (LGBT) 25: Statehood Day (Croatia) 25: Independence Day (Mozambique) 25: Statehood Day (Slovenia) 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 26: International Day in Support of Torture Victims 26: Army and Navy Day (Azerbaijan) 26: Independence Day (Madagascar) 26: Reconciliation Day (New Caledonia) 26: Flag Day (Romania) 26: Independence Day (Somalia) 26: Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)