Portal:Current events/March 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Subprime mortgage crisis ISS Expedition 16 Kenyan crisis Central Asia energy crisis Democratic presidential primaries Republican presidential primaries Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Unrest in Kosovo Unrest in Tibet Olympic torch relay

Recent deaths
March 30: Dith Pran 25: Abby Mann 24: Neil Aspinall 24: Richard Widmark 23: Al Copeland 20: Brian Wilde 19: Paul Scofield 19: Arthur C. Clarke 18: Anthony Minghella 16: Ivan Dixon 15: Vicki Van Meter

Ongoing conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab–Israeli conflict Colombian conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Waziristan War Fatah–Hamas conflict War in Somalia Kurdish–Turkish conflict Second Chechen War Ogaden conflict South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Darfur

Elections

March 2: Russia, Presidential 2: Thailand, Senate (indirect) 3: Alberta, Canada, Legislative 8: Malta, Parliament, Local councils 8: Malaysia, Federal Parliament and State Assemblies 9: France, Municipal (1st round) 9: Spain, Parliament 14: Iran, Legislative 15: People's Republic of China, President (indirect) 16: People's Republic of China, Premier (indirect) 16: France, Municipal (2nd round) 22: Republic of China (Taiwan), President, Referendum 24: Bhutan, Parliament 29: Zimbabwe, President, Parliament April 6 April: Montenegro, President 9 April: South Korea, Parliament 10 April: Nepal, Constituent Assembly

Trials
Upcoming US: James Charles Kopp US: Ehren Watada US: Tom DeLay US: William J. Jefferson US; Kwame Kilpatrick US; Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor US: China Arnold US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances

2: Mothering Sunday (Britain) 7: Nyepi (Indonesia) 8: Women's Day (India, Russia, South Africa) 10: Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations) 12: Arbor Day (China) 14: Saint Patrick's Day (Catholic Church) 14: New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar) 14: Pi Day 14: White Day (Japan and Korea) 15: National Day (Hungary) 15: Saint Patrick's Day, Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) 15: Ides of March, Roman calendar 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity) 19: Father's Day (Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain) 19: Canberra Day (Australian Capital Territory) 20: Nowruz (Iran and Zoroastrianism) 21: Purim (Jewish holiday) 21: Good Friday (Western; Eastern date is April 25) 21: World Poetry Day 21: Equinoctial Earth Day 22: World Water Day 23: Republic Day (Pakistan) 23: Easter Sunday (Western; Eastern date is April 27) 24: World Tuberculosis Day 25: Independence Day (Greece) 25: Freedom Day (Belarus) 25: Feast of the Annunciation 26: St. Gregory's Day (Malta) 26: Document Freedom Day 28: Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 30: Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 31: Feast of the Annunciation (Catholicism) 31: Cesar Chavez Day (some U.S. states) 31: Freedom Day (Malta) 31: Mawlid (Sunni Islam) April 1: April Fools' Day 4: Qingming Festival (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China)