Portal:Current events/November 2007/Sidebar

Events
Ongoing Belgian government formation Civil unrest in the Val-d'Oise, France Iran's nuclear program operation ISS Expedition 16 Pakistani state of emergency Strikes in France Subprime mortgage financial crisis Writers Guild of America strike

Recent deaths

November 30: Evel Knievel 29: Roger Smith 29: Ralph Beard 29: Henry Hyde 27: Bernie Banton 27: Robert Cade 27: Bill Willis 27: Sean Taylor 26: Herb McKenley 25: Kevin DuBrow 24: Casey Calvert 24: Antonio Lamer 24: William O'Neill 23: Joe Kennedy 22: Maurice Béjart 22: Fernando Fernán Gómez 22: Verity Lambert 22: Herbert Saffir 21: Richard Leigh 20: Ian Smith 19: Dick Wilson 15: Joe Nuxhall 12: Louis Galen 12: Ira Levin 11: Delbert Mann 11: Dick Nolan 10: Laraine Day 10: Norman Mailer 8: Chad Varah 6: Enzo Biagi 6: George Osmond 6: Hank Thompson 5: Nils Liedholm 3: Ryan Shay 2: Charmaine Dragun 2: Witold Kiełtyka 2: Igor Moiseyev 2: The Fabulous Moolah 1: Paul Tibbets

Ongoing armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Waziristan War Hamas-Fatah clashes War in Somalia Turkey-PKK conflict Second Chechen War 2007 Ogaden conflict South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War War in Afghanistan Darfur conflict

Elections

Recent November 3: Northern Mariana Islands, Legislature November 4: Guatemala, President (2nd round) November 5: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament November 7: Saskatchewan, Canada, legislative elections November 11: Slovenia, President (2nd round) November 13: Denmark, Folketing November 17: Kosovo, Parliament November 19: Marshall Islands, Legislature November 20: Jordan, Parliament November 24: Australia, Parliament November 25: Croatia, Parliament November 25: European Union, Parliament (Romania) November 25: Romania, voting system referendum Upcoming November 30: Lebanon, President

Trials

Upcoming U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: William J. Jefferson Sudan: Gillian Gibbons (appeal) Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi China: Chen Liangyu Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor U.S.: Jena Six U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances

1: All Saints Day 1: World Vegan Day 2: Day of the Dead 5: Guy Fawkes (United Kingdom) 10: Diwali festival (India) 11: Veterans Day (observed) in the United States 11: Independence Day: Poland 15: Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil 22: Thanksgiving (United States) 28: Independence Day (Albania) 30: St Andrew's Day (Scotland, UK) 30: Independence Day (Barbados) December 4: Hanukkah (Judaism, begins at sundown) 19: Hajj (Islam) 25: Christmas (Christianity)