Portal:Current events/April 2009/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis (global) French Caribbean general strikes Icelandic financial crisis International recognition of Kosovo Irish banking crisis Malagasy political crisis North Korean satellite launch Enlargement of NATO Piracy off the coast of Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis Zimbabwean cholera outbreak

Recent deaths
April March 29: Maurice Jarre 29: Lou Saban 28: Janet Jagan 27: Arnold Meri 27: Penor Rinpoche 25: John Hope Franklin 25: Dan Seals 25: Giovanni Parisi 25: Yukio Endo 24: George Kell

Ongoing conflicts

War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Casamance conflict Fourth Civil War of Chad Second Chechen War Colombian Civil War War in Darfur Iran–PJAK conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Internal conflict in Burma Kivu conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb Mexican Drug War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines The Secret War Somali Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War War on Terror South Thailand insurgency Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey–PKK conflict Second Ugandan Civil War

Elections
April March 3: Micronesia, Parliament 8: North Korea, Parliament 12: Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament 15: El Salvador, President 18: Azerbaijan, constitutional referendum 21: Slovakia, President 22: Macedonia, President (first round) 22: Comoros, constitutional referendum 29: Montenegro, Parliament 29: Mayotte, status referendum Upcoming

Trials

Upcoming Canada: Larry O'Brien Netherlands: ICTY Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan United States: Viktor Bout United States: Noshir Gowadia United States: William J. Jefferson United States: James Charles Kopp United States: Bernard Madoff United States: Ehren Watada United States: Sheila Dixon United States: Joseph Bruno Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC) Netherlands: Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China]]: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Sweden: The Pirate Bay Thailand]]: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six United States: Phil Spector

Holidays and  observances

April 1: April Fools' Day 1: Fossil Fools Day 1: Kha b-Nisan (Assyrians) 1: EOKA Day (Cyprus) 1: Islamic Republic Day (Iran) 1: Odisha Day (Odisha) 1: Investiture of New Captains Regent (San Marino) 1: Užupis Day (Užupis) 2: International Children's Book Day 2: World Autism Awareness Day 2: Malvinas Day (Argentina) 2: Pascua Florida Day (Florida) 2: Sizdah Be-dar (Iran) 12: Easter Sunday (USA) 30: Queen's Day (Netherlands)