Portal:Current events/November 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Disasters Great Britain and Ireland floods Saudi Arabia floods Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical H1N1/09 flu pandemic West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Health care reform debate Honduran constitutional crisis Maguindanao massacre Nigerien constitutional crisis Scientific Expedition 21

Recent deaths
November 29: Prince Alexander of Belgium 29: Robert Holdstock 24: Samak Sundaravej 22: Billy Joe Daugherty 22: Ali Kordan 22: Juan Carlos Muñoz 21: Konstantin Feoktistov 20: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi 20: Lino Lacedelli 20: Celso Pitta 19: Daul Kim 18: Jeanne-Claude 16: Robert J. Frankel 16: Edward Woodward 15: Antonio de Nigris 15: Pierre Harmel 15: Patriarch Pavle of Serbia

Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East 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 Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War

Elections

Recent November 7: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor and Legislative 10: Moldova, President (indirect) 22: Romania, President (1st round) and constitutional referendum 23: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor (2nd round) 25: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, constitutional referendum 27–28: Namibia, General Upcoming: November 29: Equatorial Guinea, President 29: Honduras, General 29: Switzerland, Referendum 29: Uruguay, President (2nd round)

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Canada: Larry O'Brien New Zealand: Clayton Weatherston Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector, Bernard Madoff, William J. Jefferson Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays  and observances

November Ongoing 15 - December 24: Nativity Fast (Eastern Christianity) 25 – 30: Hajj (Islam) 27 – 30: Eid al-Adha (Islam) 27 - 28: Buy Nothing Day (Anti-consumerism) Current 28: Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í Faith) 28: Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii) 28: Independence Day (Albania) 28: Proclamation of the Republic Day (Chad) 28: Declaration of Independence Day (East Timor) 28: Independence Day (Mauritania) 28: Independence Day (Panama) Upcoming 29: Advent Sunday (Western Christianity) 29 - December 24: Advent (Western Christianity) 29: Liberation Day (Albania) 29: Kaf-Tet November (Israel) 29: William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia) 30: Cities for Life Day 30: Independence Day (Barbados) 30: Bonifacio Day (Philippines) 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland) 30: Independence Day (Yemen)