Portal:Current events/February 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Greek Economic Crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Canadian anti-prorogation protests Nigerian presidential power crisis Nigerien military overthrow Philippine presidential elections U.S. health care reform debate Scientific Expedition 22 Sports 2010 Winter Olympics Humanitarian 2010 Haiti earthquake 2010 Chile earthquake

Recent deaths
February 25: David Soyer 25: Andrew Koenig 24: C. R. Johnson 23: Wyn Morris 23: Orlando Zapata 22: Fred Chaffart 22: Robin Davies 22: Bobby Smith 20: Alexander Haig 19: Jamie Gillis 19: Lionel Jeffries 18: John Babcock 18: Ariel Ramírez 14: Dick Francis 12: Nodar Kumaritashvili 11: Irina Arkhipova 11: Jabez Bryce 11: Alexander McQueen 10: K. N. Raj 10: Charlie Wilson

Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East Darfur conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Shia insurgency in Yemen South Yemen insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict War in Afghanistan Asia Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite–Maoist insurgency South Thailand insurgency War in North-West Pakistan Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent: February 3: Greece, President 7: Costa Rica, General 7: Ukraine, President (2nd round) 15: Anguilla, General 27: Nauru, Constitutional referendum Ongoing: February 28: Tajikistan, Parliament Upcoming: March 4 March: Togo, President 6 March: Iceland, Debt repayment referendum 7 March: Iraq, Parliament and Status of Forces Agreement referendum 7 March: Switzerland, Referendum

Trials

Recently concluded Burma]]: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China]]: Chen Shui-bian Sweden: The Pirate Bay United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq]]: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford,

Holidays  and observances

February 2010 Ongoing 15 – April 3: Great Lent (Eastern Christianity) 17 – April 3: Lent (Western Christianity) 27 evening – 28: Purim (Judaism) 28 – March 1: Holi (Hinduism) 28 evening – March 1: Shushan Purim (Judaism) Current 28: Navam Full Moon Poya (Buddhism) 28: Kalevala Day (Finland) 28: Peace Memorial Day (Republic of China) 28: Magha Puja (Cambodia, Thailand) March 2010 Upcoming 1: Hola Mohalla (Sikhism) 1: Self Injury Awareness Day 1: Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1: Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria) 1: Yap Day (Federated States of Micronesia) 1: Beer Day (Iceland) 1: Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands) 1: Admission Day (Nebraska) 1: Republic's Day (Neuchâtel) 1: Admission Day (Ohio) 1: Heroes' Day (Paraguay) 1: Mărțișor (Romania) 1: Independence Declaration Day (South Korea) 1: National Pig Day (United States) 1: Saint David's Day (Wales)