Portal:Current events/October 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Nobel Prize announcements Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Icelandic financial crisis Russian financial crisis World food price crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification Piracy in Somalia

Recent deaths

October 31: Studs Terkel 26: Tony Hillerman 25: Muslim Magomayev 25: Anne Pressly 24: Merl Saunders 21: Sonja Bernadotte 20: Gene Hickerson 20: Pat Kavanagh 19: Richard Blackwell 19: Rudy Ray Moore 19: Gianni Raimondi 18: Dee Dee Warwick 18: Dave McKenna 18: Xie Jin 17: Ben Weider 17: Levi Stubbs 15: Wang Yung-ching 15: Edie Adams 15: Jack Narz 15: Eddie Thompson 14: Richard Cooey 14: Ray Lowry 13: Frank Rosenthal 13: Paul Rogers 13: Guillaume Depardieu 13: Alexei Cherepanov 11: Neal Hefti 11: Jörg Haider 10: Alton Ellis 10: Alexey Prokurorov 9: Gidget Gein 8: Bob Friend 8: Eileen Herlie 8: Norman Hogg 7: George Emil Palade 4: Mahir al-Zubaydi 2: Choi Jin-sil 2: Rob Guest 1: Nick Reynolds 1: Boris Efimov

Ongoing conflicts

War in Afghanistan Acholiland insurgency Civil war in Chad Second Chechen War Colombian armed conflict War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Turkey-PKK conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Mexican drug war War in North-West Pakistan Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines War in Somalia Shia insurgency in Yemen South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War

Elections

8 October: Maldives, President 12 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st Round) and nuclear power referendum 14 October: Canada, Parliament 15 October: Azerbaijan, President 15 October: Jersey, General (1st Round) 16 October: United Nations, Security Council 17/18 October and 24/25 October: Czech Republic, Senate (one third) 26 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd Round) 26 October: Chile, Municipal 29 October: Maldives, President (2nd Round) 30 October: Zambia, President November 4 November: United States: President, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: "Class II" Senators) 4 November: American Samoa, General 4 November: Guam, General 4 November: Palau, President, Senate and House of Delegates 4 November: Puerto Rico, Governor, Legislative 8 November: New Zealand, General 9 November: San Marino, Parliament

Trials

Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: Kwame Kilpatrick U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector US: Ted Stevens

Upcoming holidays and observances

2: Gandhi Jayanthi India 13: Columbus Day (observed) in many U.S. states. Thanksgiving in Canada. 15: The inaugural Global Handwashing Day 31: Halloween 31: King-Father’s Birthday (Cambodia) 31: Allantide (Cornwall) 31: Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man) 31: Nevada Day (Nevada) 31: Reformation Day (Lutheranism, Reformed churches, Slovenia, Germany) 31 - November 1: Samhain (Gaelic, Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere) 31 - November 1: Beltane (Gaelic, Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere) November 1: World Vegan Day 1: All Saints' Day (Western Christianity) 1: National Day (Algeria) 1: State Day (India) 1: Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka) 1: National Authors' Day (United States) 1: National Family Literacy Day (United States) 1: Calan Gaeaf (Wales) 1-2: Day of the Dead (Mexico) 2: All Souls' Day (Western Christianity) 2: Haile Selassie I Coronation (Rastafari) 2: Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius)