Portal:Current events/May 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal Protests and political crisis in Kyrgyzstan Thai political protests Scientific Expedition 23 Environmental Haiti earthquake response Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Recent deaths
May 30: Dufferin Roblin 29: Dennis Hopper 28: Gary Coleman 26: Jean Constantin 26: Art Linkletter 24: Paul Gray 24: Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess of Russia 24: Anneliese Rothenberger 23: José Lima 23: Simon Monjack 22: Martin Gardner 22: Veturi Sundararama Murthy 20: Breandán Ó Buachalla 17: Yvonne Loriod 17: Bobbejaan Schoepen 16: Ronnie James Dio 16: Hank Jones 16: Oswaldo López Arellano

Ongoing conflicts

Africa Darfur conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Somali Civil War Middle East Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict South Yemen insurgency 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: May 6: United Kingdom, General 16: Dominican Republic, Parliament 23: Ethiopia, General 23: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament 24: Trinidad and Tobago, General 25: Suriname, Parliament 28–29: Czech Republic, Parliament 30: Colombia, President (1st Round) Upcoming: June 1: Egypt, Shura Council 6: Slovenia, Border dispute agreement referendum 9: Netherlands, General 12: Slovakia, Parliament 13: Belgium, General 20: Colombia, President (2nd Round) 20: Poland, President

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi India: Ajmal Kasab Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon United Kingdom: Peter Chapman 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 Japan: Peter James Bethune Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau 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
May 2010 Ongoing 30 – 31: Kaamatan (Labuan, Sabah) Current 31: World No Tobacco Day 31: Syaday (Discordianism) 31: Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity) 31: Castile-La Mancha Day (Castile-La Mancha) 31: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day (Brunei) 31: Memorial Day (United States) Upcoming June 2010 1: International Children's Day 1: Gawai Dayak (Sarawak) 1: Madaraka Day (Kenya)