Portal:Current events/October 2012/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Economic Libor scandal Global financial crisis European sovereign-debt crisis Greek economic crisis Environmental 2012 North American drought Political Mexican Anti-Imposition Protests 2011–2012 Chilean student protests Arab Spring Syrian civil war Senkaku Islands dispute Scandals Catholic sex abuse cases Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal

Recent deaths

October 29: J. Bernlef 27: Hans Werner Henze 26: Joža Horvat 25: Jacques Barzun 25: Jaspal Bhatti 25: Emanuel Steward 24: Anita Björk 24: Margaret Osborne duPont 23: Wilhelm Brasse 23: Sunil Gangopadhyay 22: Russell Means 21: Yash Chopra 21: George McGovern 20: Oli Ahad 20: Przemysław Gintrowski 19: Wiyogo Atmodarminto 19: Fiorenzo Magni 17: László Komár 17: Sylvia Kristel 15: Erol Günaydın 15: Norodom Sihanouk 14: John Clive 14: Arlen Specter 13: Stuart Bell 13: Tomonubu Imamichi 13: Saiichi Maruya 12: Jean-Pierre Hautier 12: Břetislav Pojar 11: Helmut Haller 11: Erik Moseholm 11: Édgar Negret 10: Kevin Curran 10: Piotr Lenartowicz 10: Basil L. Plumley 10: Alex Karras 9: Paddy Roy Bates 7: Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano 7: Ivo Michiels 6: Antonio Cisneros 6: Chadli Bendjedid 5: Keith Campbell 1: Dirk Bach 1: Eric Hobsbawm

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on Drugs Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF - Horn of Africa OEF - Trans Sahara DR Congo: East DR Congo conflict Libya: Libyan factional fighting Mali: Azawad conflict Nigeria: Nigerian Sharia conflict Niger Delta conflict Somalia: Civil War Piracy Sudan and South Sudan: Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Global War on Drugs Colombian conflict Mexican Anti-Imposition Protests 2011–2012 Chilean student protests Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: North-West War Sectarian violence India: Nagaland ethnic conflict Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Northeast India insurgency Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Senkaku Islands dispute Korean maritime border conflict Southeast Asia: Cambodian–Thai border dispute Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe North Caucasus insurgency Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Operation Sinai Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan: Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian civil war Yemen: al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency

Elections

Recent: October 1: Georgia, Parliament 7: Venezuela, President 12-20: Czech Republic, Senate (one third of the seats) 14: Lithuania, Parliament and Nuclear power referendum 14: Montenegro, Parliament 20: Iceland, Constitutional referendum 28: Ukraine, Parliament 30: Vanuatu, General Upcoming: November 6: Palau, President, General 6: United States, President, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators) 10: Republic of Ireland, constitutional referendum 11: Slovenia, President 11: San Marino, General 17: Sierra Leone, General 22: Nepal, Constituent Assembly

Trials

Recently concluded Canada: Michael Rafferty Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Germany: Breno Borges Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Russia: Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Kweku Adoboli, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Koo Stark United States: Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout, John Edwards, Lauryn Hill Vatican: Vatileaks scandal Upcoming Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo United Kingdom: Chris Huhne, Vicky Pryce, Tony McCluskie, Dane Bowers United States: Nidal Malik Hasan, Javaris Crittenton, Bradley Manning, Robert Bales, George Zimmerman, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Crystal Mangum