Portal:Current events/October 2010/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	Africa Chadian Civil War; Darfur conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Somali Civil War; Middle East Iraq War; Arab–Israeli conflict; South Yemen insurgency; Turkey–PKK conflict; Asia Afghanistan war; Jammu and Kashmir insurgency; Nagaland ethnic conflict; Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; North-West Pakistan war; Philippines insurgency; South Thailand insurgency; Americas Colombian conflict; Mexican drug war; Peru internal conflict;

Recent deaths
	October 31: Ted Sorensen; 30: Harry Mulisch; 29: George Hickenlooper; 28: James MacArthur; 27: Néstor Kirchner; 26: Paul the Octopus; 25: Gregory Isaacs; 24: Andy Holmes; 23: Fran Crippen; 23: David Thompson; 22: Alex Anderson; 20: Bob Guccione; 20: Eva Ibbotson; 19: Tom Bosley; 18: Ken Wriedt; 16: Giannis Dalianidis; 16: Barbara Billingsley; 15: Malcolm Allison; 14: Simon MacCorkindale; 14: Benoît Mandelbrot; 12: Claire Rayner; 11: Joan Sutherland; 10: Hwang Jang-yop; 10: Solomon Burke; 10: Adán Martín Menis;

Ongoing events
	Economic Automotive industry crisis; Global Financial Crisis European sovereign debt crisis; French strikes and demonstrations; Greek economic crisis; ; Worldwide recession; Labour unrest in China; Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa; 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti; Political 2007–2010 Belgian political crisis; Scientific Expedition 25; Environmental 2010 Hungarian plant disaster;

Elections
Recent: October 10: Kyrgyzstan, Parliament 15–16, 22–23: Czech Republic, Senate (a third) 23: Bahrain, Parliament Ongoing: October 31: Brazil, President (2^nd Round) 31: Côte d'Ivoire, President 31: Niger, Constitutional referendum 31: Tanzania, General Upcoming: November 2: American Samoa, General and Constitutional referendum 2: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: "Class III" Senators) 7: Azerbaijan, Parliament 7: Comoros, President (1^st Round) 7: Myanmar, General 9: Jordan, Parliament

Trials
Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel Germany: Nadja Benaissa India: Ajmal Kasab Iran: Hossein Derakhshan Portugal: Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines]]: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Alan Shadrake, Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Buju Banton, David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan

Holidays and observances
October 2010 Upcoming 31: Halloween November 2010 Upcoming 1: All Saints' Day, Day of the Dead 11: Veterans Day 14: Father's Day (Nordic countries) 15: Shichi-Go-San (Japan) 25: Thanksgiving (United States) and Thanksgiving (Netherlands) 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland)

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