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Ongoing conflicts
	Global edit War on terror Terrorist incidents; Operation Active Endeavour; Operation Enduring Freedom; ; War on drugs; Africa edit Maghreb insurgency; OEF - Trans Sahara; Casamance conflict; Niger Delta conflict; Nigerian Sharia conflict; South Kordofan conflict; Lord's Resistance Army insurgency; Somalia: Civil war; Somali Civil War (2009–present); Piracy; ; OEF - Horn of Africa; Europe edit Real IRA; North Caucasus insurgency; Ingushetia civil war; Middle East edit Iraqi insurgency; Iran-Jundallah conflict; Fatah–Hamas conflict; Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks; ; Yemen: Terrorism; al-Qaeda crackdown; South Yemen insurgency; Shia insurgency; ; Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict; ; Asia edit Afghanistan War Military operations; Taliban insurgency; ; Pakistan: Terrorism; North-West War; Balochistan conflict; Drone attacks; Sectarian violence; ; India: Terrorism; Jammu and Kashmir insurgency; Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; Northeast India insurgency; Nagaland ethnic conflict; Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict; ; ; Korean maritime border incidents; Southeast Asia: Laos insurgency; Burma internal conflict; Burma border clashes; South Thailand insurgency; Cambodian–Thai border dispute; ; Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines; ; Papua conflict; Americas edit Colombian conflict; Mexican drug war; edit this archived sidebar

Recent deaths
	December edit 30: Kim Geun-tae; 29: Leopold Hawelka; 27: Clifford Darling; 27: Helen Frankenthaler; 26: Sam Rivers; 26: Fred Fono; 26: Pedro Armendáriz Jr.; 25: Moses Pitakaka; 24: Johannes Heesters; 24: Cheeta; 23: Khalil Ibrahim; 18: Václav Havel; 18: Donald Neilson; 18: Ronald Wolfe; 17: Cesária Évora; 17: Kim Jong-il; 16: Dan Frazer; 15: Christopher Hitchens; 14: Joe Simon; 14: Billie Jo Spears; 13: Russell Hoban; 12: Bert Schneider; 11: Harold Hopkins; 8: Zelman Cowen; 7: Harry Morgan; 7: Jerry Robinson; 6: Dobie Gray; 5: Dan Biggers; 5: Peter Gethin; 4: Patricia C. Dunn; 4: Sócrates; 3: Dev Anand; 2: Sam Loxton; 1: Arthur Beetson; edit this archived sidebar

Ongoing events
	2011 East Africa drought; 2011 Southern US drought; 2011 Tuvalu drought; Economic edit Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis; Greek economic crisis; ; Smartphone patent wars; Medical edit HIV/AIDS in Africa; 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak; Political edit Protests of Wukan — anti-corruption; Occupy movement Occupy Wall Street; Occupy Atlanta; Occupy Austin; Occupy Boston; Occupy Buffalo; Occupy Chicago; Occupy Eugene; Occupy Houston; Occupy London; Occupy Los Angeles; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Portland; Occupy San Jose; Other protest locations; ; 2011 United States public employee protests; 2011 Wisconsin protests; 2011 Chilean protests; Anti-austerity protests Greek protests; 2011 Spanish protests; Israeli social protests; ; Anti-Russia protests in India over the Bhagavad Gita ban – ended; Arab Spring Post-Tunisian Revolution; Post-Egyptian Revolution; Post-Libyan Civil War; Syrian uprising - ongoing; Moroccan protests - reforms; Yemeni uprising - transition; Bahraini uprising - repressed; Jordanian protests; ; News International phone hacking scandal; Scientific edit Expedition 30; edit this archived sidebar

Elections
Recent: December edit 4: Croatia, Parliament 4: Slovenia, Parliament 4: Russia, Parliament 8: Gibraltar, Parliament 11: Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament 11: Transnistria, President (1st round) 14: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect) 14–15/21–22: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round) 17: Gabon, Parliament 25: Transnistria, President (2nd round) 29: Jamaica, General Upcoming: January edit 3–4/10–11: Egypt, Parliament (3rd phase) 13: Kiribati, President 14: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and Legislative Yuan (Parliament) 15: Kazakhstan, Parliament 15: Moldova, President (indirect, 2nd round) 22: Finland, President (1st round) 22: Croatia, EU membership referendum 29–30 January/5–6 February: Egypt, Shura Council (1st phase) edit this archived sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded edit Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano Germany: John Demjanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders Russia: Bhagavad Gita As It Is Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray Ongoing edit Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout Ucoming edit Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton edit this archived sidebar

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