Portal:Current events/November 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Global financial crisis Icelandic financial crisis Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis

Recent deaths

November 29: Jørn Utzon 27: V.P. Singh 26: Edna Parker 26: Vitaly Karayev 26: Hemant Karkare 24: Cecil H. Underwood 23: Richard Hickox 22: Ibrahim Nasir 22: Rashid Rauf 21: Boris Fyodorov 17: Pete Newell 16: Reg Varney 15: Ivan Southall 12: Catherine Baker Knoll 12: Mitch Mitchell 12: Howard Reig 10: Arthur Shawcross 9: Miriam Makeba 9: Amrozi 9: Imam Samudra 9: Ali Ghufron 7: Jody Reynolds 5: B.R. Chopra 4: Michael Crichton 4: David Shaber 4: Juan Camilo Mouriño 4: Byron Lee 4: Lennart Bergelin 3: Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham 2: Ahmed al-Mirghani 1: Yma Sumac 1: Jimmy Carl Black 1: Jacques Piccard

Ongoing conflicts

War in Afghanistan Acholiland insurgency Civil war in Chad Second Chechen War Colombian armed conflict War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Kivu Conflict Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Turkey-PKK conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Mexican drug war War in North-West Pakistan Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in the Philippines War in Somalia Shia insurgency in Yemen South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War

Elections

Recent October 30 October: Zambia, President November 4 November: United States: President, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: Class II Senators) 4 November: American Samoa, General 4 November: Guam, General 4 November: Puerto Rico, Governor, Legislative 4 November: Palau, President, Senate and House of Delegates 8 November: New Zealand, General 9 November: San Marino, Parliament 16 November: Guinea-Bissau, Parliament 18 November: American Samoa, Gubernatorial runoff election 23 November: Venezuela, Regional 25 November: Greenland, Self-government referendum Upcoming November 30 November: Romania, Legislative December 29 December: Bangladesh, General

Trials

Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: Kwame Kilpatrick U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector US: Ted Stevens

Upcoming holidays and observances

November 15 - December 24: Nativity Fast (Eastern Christianity) 30: Cities for Life Day 30: Advent Sunday (Western Christianity) 30: Independence Day (Barbados) 30: John F. Kennedy Day (Massachusetts) 30: Bonifacio Day (Philippines) 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland) 30: Independence Day (Yemen) December 1 - December 24: Advent (Western Christianity) 1: World AIDS Day 1: Cyber Monday 1: National Day (Central African Republic) 1: Freedom & Democracy Day (Chad) 1: Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica) 1: Self-governance Day (Iceland) 1: State Day (Nagaland) 1: Restoration of Independence (Portugal) 1: Union Day (Romania) 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2: National Day (Laos) 2: National Day (United Arab Emirates)