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April 2008
Ongoing events
Central Asia energy crisis
Democratic presidential primaries
Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence
Economic crisis in U.S. and Europe
Kenyan crisis
Olympic torch relay
Republican presidential primaries
Subprime mortgage crisis
Unrest in Tibet
World food price crisis
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Recent deaths
April
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29
:
Albert Hofmann
25
:
John H. McConnell
25
:
Humphrey Lyttelton
24
:
Kenneth Keith Kallenbach
22
:
Paul Davis
21
:
Al Wilson
19
:
Germaine Tillion
17
:
Danny Federici
17
:
Aimé Césaire
17
:
Gwyneth Dunwoody
16
:
Edward Norton Lorenz
16
:
Joe Feeney
15
:
Hazel Court
15
:
Krister Stendahl
13
:
John Archibald Wheeler
13
:
Ollie Johnston
12
:
Cecilia Colledge
12
:
Jerry Zucker
12
:
Patrick Hillery
8
:
Stanley Kamel
7
:
Ludu Daw Amar
5
:
Charlton Heston
3
:
Frosty Freeze
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Ongoing conflicts
Acholiland insurgency
Arab-Israeli conflict
Colombian armed conflict
Iraq War
Communist
and
Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
Waziristan War
Fatah-Hamas conflict
War in Somalia
Turkey-PKK conflict
Second Chechen War
Ogaden conflict
South Thailand insurgency
Sri Lankan Civil War
War in Afghanistan
War in Darfur
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Elections
Recent
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6
:
Montenegro
,
President
9
:
South Korea
,
Parliament
10
:
Nepal
,
Constituent Assembly
13
:
Italy
,
Parliament
(to
April 14
)
20
:
Paraguay
,
General
23
:
Guernsey
,
General
23
:
Tonga
,
General
(to
April 24
)
25
:
Iran
,
Legislative (2nd round)
26
:
Nauru
,
Parliament
30
:
Niue
,
Parliament
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Trials
Upcoming
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Canada:
Larry O'Brien
US:
James Charles Kopp
US:
Ehren Watada
US:
Tom DeLay
US:
William J. Jefferson
US:
Kwame Kilpatrick
US:
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá
Ongoing
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Cambodia:
Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Iraq:
Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
Netherlands:
ICC
Thomas Lubanga
Netherlands:
ICTY
Peru:
Alberto Fujimori
Sierra Leone:
SCfSL
Charles Taylor
US:
Jena Six
US:
Brian Nichols
US:
José Padilla
US:
Phil Spector
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Holidays and observances
1
:
April Fools' Day
4
:
Qingming Festival
(Mainland China,
Taiwan
,
Hong Kong
,
Macau
)
7
:
World Health Day
19
:
Passover
starts
21
:
Patriots' Day
(Observed in
Massachusetts
and
Maine
and
Wisconsin
; see
Patriots' Day
)
22
:
Earth Day
25
:
ANZAC Day
(Australia and New Zealand);
Day of Silence
;
DNA day
25
:
Good Friday
(
Eastern
;
Western
date is March 21)
27
:
Easter
(
Eastern
;
Western
date is March 23)
30
:
Walpurgisnacht
May
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1
:
May Day
and
Labor Day
(various countries),
Law Day
(Some
U.S. States
)
1
:
Beltane
(
Ireland
)
1
:
St. Joseph
(
Roman Catholic
)
4
:
Remembrance of the Dead
(
Netherlands
)
5
:
Cinco de Mayo
(
Mexico
)
5
:
Children's Day
(
Japan
and
Korea
)
5
:
Liberation Day
(
Netherlands
)
8
:
Victory in Europe Day
(
Western Europe
)
9
:
Victory in Europe Day
(
Eastern Europe
)
9
:
Europe Day
(
European Union
)
9
:
International Nurses Day
11
:
Mother's Day
(
United States
)
12
:
Finland Day
17
:
Norwegian Constitution Day
21
:
Battle of Iquique
(
Chile
)
24
:
Independence Day
(
Eritrea
)
25
:
May Revolution
(
Argentina
)
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