Portal:Current events/October 2007/Sidebar

Events
Ongoing Burmese anti-government protests Iran's nuclear program operation ISS Expedition 16 Subprime mortgage financial crisis Natural disasters California fires Pacific typhoon season

Recent deaths

October 30: Robert Goulet 28: Porter Wagoner 27: Khun Sa 26: Arthur Kornberg 26: Nicolae Dobrin 21: R. B. Kitaj 18: Vincent DeDomenico 18: Alan Coren 18: Lucky Dube 17: Joey Bishop 16: Deborah Kerr 16: Tose Proeski 14: Big Moe 13: Bob Denard 13: Vernon Bellecourt 13: Alec Kessler 12: Lonny Chapman 12: Soe Win 12: Kim Edward Beazley 11: Roy Rosenzweig 11: Werner von Trapp 9: Carol Bruce 7: Norifumi Abe 6: Jo Ann Davis 3: Tony Ryan

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 October 15–21: People's Republic of China, Leadership of the Communist Party of China October 16: United Nations, Security Council October 17: Kiribati, President October 21: Switzerland, Parliament October 21: Åland, Lagting October 21: Slovenia, President October 21: Turkey, constitutional referendum October 21: Poland, Parliament October 21: Kyrgyzstan, constitutional referendum October 20–24: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination October 27: Oman, Assembly October 28: Argentina, President and Parliament Upcoming October: Nauru, constitutional referendum

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 Ongoing Australia: Robert Farquharson 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: Independence Day: (Nigeria and Cyprus) 2: Gandhi Jayanti (India) 3: Last third of Ramadan which includes Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic) 3: end of Sukkot, sunset (Judaism) 4: Independence Day: (Lesotho) 5: Proclamation of Republic (Portugal) 8: Thanksgiving (Canada) 8: Health and Sports Day (Japan) 8: Columbus Day (United States) 8: Independence Day: (Croatia) 13: Eid ul-Fitr (Islam) 16: World Food Day 20: Kenyatta Day (Kenya) 21: Apple Day 24: Independence Day: (Zambia) 24: United Nations Day 25: Thanksgiving Day (Grenada; commemorates Invasion of Grenada, 1983) 27: Independence Day: (Azerbaijan, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Turkmenistan, Czech Republic, and Slovakia) 31: Halloween November 9: Iqbal Day (Pakistan)