Portal:Current events/May 2007/Sidebar

Events
Recent Lebanese anti-government protests Six-party talks Ongoing 2007 North Lebanon conflict 2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy Global spread of H5N1 Iran's nuclear program ISS Expedition 15 North American pet food recall Natural disasters North Indian cyclone season Pacific hurricane season Pacific typhoon season

Recent deaths

May 28: Parren Mitchell 28: Marquise Hill 28: Toshikatsu Matsuoka 28: Jörg Immendorff 27: Edward Behr 25: Charles Nelson Reilly 25: Khalil al-Zahawi 25: Bartholomew Ulufa'alu 25: Bill Johnston 23: Kei Kumai 20: Stanley Miller 20: Norman Von Nida 20: Miroslav Deronjić 18: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes 17: Lloyd Alexander 16: Mary Douglas 16: Allan Hird 16: Terry Ryan 15: Yolanda King 15: Jerry Falwell 13: Mullah Dadullah 11: Malietoa Tanumafili II

Ongoing armed conflicts

Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada) Brazilian gang violence Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo Hamas-Fatah clashes War in Somalia Ivorian Civil War Kurdish conflict in Turkey Sa'dah conflict Second Chechen War South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Taliban insurgency Darfur conflict

Elections

Recent May 14: Philippines, General 17: Algeria, Parliament 19: Romania, Presidential impeachment 20: Aosta Valley, Municipal 20: European Union, Bulgaria 20: Vietnam, Parliament 22: Manitoba, General 24: Ireland, Parliament 27: Spain, Regional 27: Syria, President 27–28: Italy, Municipal and Provincial 28: Israel, Labor Party Primary 28: Prince Edward Island, General 31: Latvia, President Upcoming June

Trials

Upcoming U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Ethiopia: CUD relating to 2005 elections. Iran: Nazanin Fatehi Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: Peter Braunstein U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Phil Spector U.S.: Mary Winkler

Holidays and observances

1: May Day (Europe) 1: Labour Day (India) 1: Maharashtra State Day (India) 1: Labour Day (Guyana) 1: Labour Day (Brazil) 2: Dos de Mayo (Spain) 5: Liberation Day (Ethiopia, Netherlands, Denmark) 5: Children's Day (Japan, South Korea) 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) 5: Indian Arrival Day Guyana 6: Lag Ba'omer (Judaism) 6: St George's Day (Bulgaria) 8: Victory in Europe Day 8: (Parent's Day) South Korea and Albania 9: Europe Day (European Union) 10: Mother's Day: Mexico 10: Mother's Day: South America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Oman, and Pakistan 13 (2nd Sunday): Mother's Day in Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe 16: Jerusalem Day (Israel) 17: Constitution Day (Norway) 24: Victoria Day (Canada) 24: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia) 25: African Liberation Day 26: National Sorry Day (Australia) 26: Independence Day (Guyana) 26: Mother's Day: Poland 27 (last Sunday): Mother's Day in France (switches to first Sunday of June if coincides with Pentecost), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sweden, Morocco, Bolivia 27: Children's Day (Nigeria) 28: Memorial Day (United States) 28: Republic Day (Armenia, Azerbaijan) 28: Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom) 28: Whit Monday (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands) 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji) 30: Mother's Day: Nicaragua 31: World No Tobacco Day June 1: International Children's Day 1: Madaraka Day (Kenya)