Portal:Current events/November 2013/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Great Recession Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2013 Atlantic hurricane season 2013 extreme weather events 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2013 Pacific hurricane season 2013 Pacific typhoon season Political 2013 mass surveillance disclosures More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

November 30: Paul Crouch 30: Colin Eglin 30: Jean Kent 30: Tabu Ley Rochereau 29: Natalya Gorbanevskaya 29: Peter Kaplan 28: Mitja Ribičič 27: Lewis Collins 27: Reg Simpson 26: Arik Einstein 26: John Galbraith Graham 26: Chico Hamilton 26: Jane Kean 26: Saul Leiter 26: Tony Musante 25: Bill Foulkes 24: Matthew Bucksbaum 24: Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 23: Peter B. Lewis 22: Wanda Coleman 22: Georges Lautner 22: Alec Reid 21: John Egerton 21: Fred Kavli 21: Vern Mikkelsen 21: Herbert Mitgang 21: Maurice Vachon 21: Michael Weiner 20: Sylvia Browne 20: Joseph Paul Franklin 19: Ray Gosling 19: Diane Disney Miller 19: Frederick Sanger 19: Charlotte Zolotow 18: Peter Wintonick 17: Syd Field 17: Doris Lessing 17: Nicholas Mevoli 16: Zbyněk Hejda 16: Louis D. Rubin, Jr. 15: Glafcos Clerides 15: Raimondo D'Inzeo 15: Mickey Knox 15: Mike McCormack 15: Barbara Park 14: Hari Krishna Devsare 14: Barbara Handman 13: Todd Christensen 12: Mavis Batey 12: Al Ruscio 12: Aleksandr Serebrov 12: John Tavener 12: William Weaver 11: Shirley Mitchell 10: Safdar Rahmat Abadi 9: Steve Prescott 7: John Cole 7: Ian Davies 7: Joey Manley 7: Jack Mitchell 7: Manfred Rommel 6: Peter Fatialofa 6: Dan Lurie 6: Ace Parker 5: Habibollah Asgaroladi 5: Charlie Trotter 4: John D. Hawk 4: Ray Willsey 3: William J. Coyne 3: Leonard Long 3: Reshma 2: Robert R. Bowie 2: Walt Bellamy 2: Ghislaine Dupont 1: Hakimullah Mehsud 1: Bobby Parker 1: Editta Sherman

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents, July–December 2013 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Egypt Political violence Sinai insurgency Libya Libyan factional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Islamist insurgency in Nigeria 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: November 6: Tajikistan, President 7: Falkland Islands, General 9: Maldives, President (1st round; re–run) 16: Maldives, President (2nd round; re–run) 17: Chile, General (1st round) and parliament 19: Nepal, Constituent Assembly 23: Mauritania, Parliament (1st round) 24: Honduras, General 24: Mali, Parliament (1st round) Upcoming: December 1: Croatia, Constitutional referendum 7: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round) 15: Chile, General (2nd round) 15: Mali, Parliament (2nd round) 15: Turkmenistan, Parliament 20: Madagascar, President (2nd round) and parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Canada: Michael Thomas 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, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams 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, Crystal Mangum Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim 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, Janet Lim-Napoles, Nur Misuari, Jovito Palparan Russia: Platon Lebedev Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, William Roache, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming 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, Ian Watkins, Neville Neville, Nicholas Jacobs, Stuart Hall United States: Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz