Portal:Current events/December 2011/Sidebar

Ongoing events

2011 East Africa drought 2011 Southern US drought 2011 Tuvalu drought Economic Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Smartphone patent wars Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak Political Protests of Wukan — anti-corruption Occupy movement Occupy Wall Street Occupy Atlanta Occupy Austin Occupy Boston Occupy Buffalo Occupy Chicago Occupy Eugene Occupy Houston Occupy London Occupy Los Angeles Occupy Oakland Occupy Portland Occupy San Jose Other protest locations 2011 United States public employee protests 2011 Wisconsin protests 2011 Chilean protests Anti-austerity protests Greek protests 2011 Spanish protests Israeli social protests Anti-Russia protests in India over the Bhagavad Gita ban – ended Arab Spring Post-Tunisian Revolution Post-Egyptian Revolution Post-Libyan Civil War Syrian uprising - ongoing Moroccan protests - reforms Yemeni uprising - transition Bahraini uprising - repressed Jordanian protests News International phone hacking scandal Scientific Expedition 30

Recent deaths

December 30: Kim Geun-tae 29: Leopold Hawelka 27: Clifford Darling 27: Helen Frankenthaler 26: Sam Rivers 26: Fred Fono 26: Pedro Armendáriz Jr. 25: Moses Pitakaka 24: Johannes Heesters 24: Cheeta 23: Khalil Ibrahim 18: Václav Havel 18: Donald Neilson 18: Ronald Wolfe 17: Cesária Évora 17: Kim Jong-il 16: Dan Frazer 15: Christopher Hitchens 14: Joe Simon 14: Billie Jo Spears 13: Russell Hoban 12: Bert Schneider 11: Harold Hopkins 8: Zelman Cowen 7: Harry Morgan 7: Jerry Robinson 6: Dobie Gray 5: Dan Biggers 5: Peter Gethin 4: Patricia C. Dunn 4: Sócrates 3: Dev Anand 2: Sam Loxton 1: Arthur Beetson

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia conflict South Kordofan conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shia insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: Terrorism North-West War Balochistan conflict Drone attacks Sectarian violence India: Terrorism Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Northeast India insurgency Nagaland ethnic conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean maritime border incidents Southeast Asia: Laos insurgency Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican drug war

Elections

Recent: December 4: Croatia, Parliament 4: Slovenia, Parliament 4: Russia, Parliament 8: Gibraltar, Parliament 11: Côte d'Ivoire, Parliament 11: Transnistria, President (1st round) 14: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect) 14–15/21–22: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round) 17: Gabon, Parliament 25: Transnistria, President (2nd round) 29: Jamaica, General Upcoming: January 3–4/10–11: Egypt, Parliament (3rd phase) 13: Kiribati, President 14: Republic of China (Taiwan), President and Legislative Yuan (Parliament) 15: Kazakhstan, Parliament 15: Moldova, President (indirect, 2nd round) 22: Finland, President (1st round) 22: Croatia, EU membership referendum 29–30 January/5–6 February: Egypt, Shura Council (1st phase)

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano Germany: John Demjanjuk Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders Russia: Bhagavad Gita As It Is Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone]]: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout Ucoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Norway: Anders Behring Breivik Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, John Edwards, Javaris Crittenton

Holidays  and observances