Portal:Current events/February 2007/Sidebar

Events
Recent Ongoing Global spread of H5N1 Ipswich murders investigation Iran's nuclear program Lebanese anti-government protest Litvinenko murder investigation NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Six-party talks Taiwanese political crisis Natural disasters North Indian cyclone season Pacific typhoon season Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

Recent deaths
February 28: Billy Thorpe 24: Damien Nash 23: Pascal Yoadimnadji 23: Fons Rademakers 22: Dennis Johnson 20: F. Albert Cotton 20: Carl Henning Pedersen 17: Maurice Papon 16: Sheridan Morley 16: Gene Snyder 15: Robert Adler 15: Ray Evans 13: Charlie Norwood 9: Ian Richardson 9: Hank Bauer 8: Anna Nicole Smith 7: Alan MacDiarmid 6: Frankie Laine 1: Gian Carlo Menotti

Ongoing armed conflicts

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

Elections

Recent February 8: Ontario/Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, provincial by-elections 9: Turks & Caicos, Parliament 27J/10F: DR Congo, Governors 11: Turkmenistan, President 11: Portugal, referendum on abortion 12: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, provincial by-election 17: Lesotho, National Assembly 18: Andalusia, Spain, referendum on new autonomy statute 18: Albania, local elections 25: Senegal, President Upcoming March 4: Estonia, Parliament 4: Abkhazia, Parliament 6: Micronesia, Parliament 7: Northern Ireland, Assembly 7: Netherlands, Senate 11: Mauritania, President 18: Finland, Parliament 24: New South Wales, General Election 25: Benin, National Assembly 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive 26: Quebec, National Assembly

Trials

Upcoming U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Canada: Robert Pickton Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, on charges related to the 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.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Lewis "Scooter" Libby

Holidays and observances
6: Waitangi Day (New Zealand) 14: Valentines Day 23: Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)