Portal:Current events/April 2014/Sidebar

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Disasters

 * Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search efforts

Economic

 * Eurozone crisis
 * Greek government-debt crisis

Environmental

 * 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
 * 2014 Pacific typhoon season

Health

 * 2014 Guinea ebola outbreak

Political

 * Crimea crisis
 * Russian military intervention in Ukraine
 * Annexation of Crimea by Russia
 * Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
 * Garda Síochána phone-tapping scandal
 * Global surveillance disclosures
 * South Sudan conflict
 * Thailand political crisis
 * Venezuela protests


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April

 * 30: Ian Ross
 * 29: Al Feldstein
 * 29: Bob Hoskins
 * 29: Clayton Lockett
 * 28: Jack Ramsay
 * 28: Ryan Tandy
 * 27: DJ E-Z Rock
 * 26: DJ Rashad
 * 26: Glen Stassen
 * 25: Tito Vilanova
 * 24: Hans Hollein
 * 24: Tadeusz Różewicz
 * 23: Connie Marrero
 * 23: Mark Shand
 * 21: Win Tin
 * 20: Rubin Carter
 * 20: Alistair MacLeod
 * 20: Neville Wran
 * 18: Derek Cooper
 * 18: Dylan Tombides
 * 17: Cheo Feliciano
 * 17: Gabriel García Márquez
 * 17: Karpal Singh
 * 16: Gyude Bryant
 * 15: Owen Woodhouse
 * 14: Brian Harradine
 * 13: Ernesto Laclau
 * 13: Michael Ruppert
 * 11: Edna Doré
 * 11: Lou Hudson
 * 11: Ron Pundak
 * 11: Jesse Winchester
 * 10: Jim Flaherty
 * 10: Richard Hoggart
 * 10: Sue Townsend
 * 9: A. N. R. Robinson
 * 8: Karlheinz Deschner
 * 8: The Ultimate Warrior
 * 7: Peaches Geldof
 * 7: Zeituni Onyango
 * 7: Royce Waltman
 * 6: Mary Anderson
 * 6: Mickey Rooney
 * 6: Chuck Stone
 * 5: Wayne Henderson
 * 5: Peter Matthiessen
 * 5: John Pinette
 * 4: Kumba Ialá
 * 4: Margo MacDonald
 * 4: Anja Niedringhaus
 * 4: Richard Small
 * 3: Paul Salamunovich
 * 3: Tommy Lynn Sells
 * 3: Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
 * 2: Urs Widmer
 * 1: Jacques Le Goff

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Global

 * War on Drugs
 * War on Terror
 * Operation Active Endeavour
 * Operation Enduring Freedom
 * Terrorist incidents in 2014

Africa

 * Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
 * Maghreb insurgency
 * OEF – Horn of Africa
 * OEF – Trans Sahara


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil conflict


 * Egypt
 * Post-coup unrest
 * Sinai insurgency


 * Libya
 * Post-civil war interfactional fighting


 * Nigeria
 * Niger Delta conflict
 * Islamist insurgency in Nigeria


 * Somalia
 * Civil war


 * Sudan and South Sudan
 * Sudan internal conflict
 * South Sudan internal conflict

Americas

 * Colombian conflict
 * Mexican Drug War

Asia

 * Afghanistan War
 * Military operations
 * Taliban insurgency


 * India
 * Naxalite–Maoist insurgency


 * Korea
 * Korean maritime border conflict


 * Pakistan
 * Balochistan conflict
 * North-West War
 * Sectarian violence


 * Philippines
 * Communist insurgency
 * Moro insurgency


 * Russia
 * North Caucasus insurgency


 * Southeast Asia
 * Cambodian–Thai border dispute
 * Kachin conflict
 * Papua conflict
 * South Thailand insurgency
 * Territorial disputes in the South China Sea

Europe

 * Dissident Irish Republican campaign

Middle East

 * Arab–Israeli conflict
 * Gaza–Israel conflict
 * Israeli–Lebanese conflict
 * Israeli–Palestinian conflict
 * Israel–Iran proxy conflict


 * Iraqi insurgency


 * Kurdistan
 * Kurdish–Iranian conflict


 * Syrian Civil War


 * Yemen
 * al-Qaeda crackdown
 * Shia insurgency
 * South Yemen insurgency

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Recent: April

 * 1: Malta, President (indirect)
 * 5: Afghanistan, President (1st round)
 * 6: Costa Rica, President (2nd round)
 * 6: Hungary, Parliament
 * 7: India, Parliament (1st phase)
 * 9: India, Parliament (2nd phase)
 * 9: Indonesia, Legislative
 * 10: India, Parliament (3rd phase)
 * 12: India, Parliament (4th phase)
 * 13: Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) and parliament
 * 13: Macedonia, President (1st round)
 * 17: Algeria, President
 * 17: India, Parliament (5th phase)
 * 23: Lebanon, President (indirect)
 * 24: India, Parliament (6th phase)
 * 27: Macedonia, President (2nd round) and parliament

Upcoming: April

 * 30: India, Parliament (7th phase)
 * 30: Iraq, Parliament

Upcoming: May

 * 4: Panama, General
 * 7: India, Parliament (8th phase)
 * 7: South Africa, General
 * 11: Lithuania, President (1st round)
 * 12: India, Parliament (9th phase)
 * 18: Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round)
 * 20: Malawi, General
 * 22–25: European Union, Parliament
 * 25: Belgium, Federal
 * 25: Colombia, President
 * 25: Denmark, Unified Patent Court referendum
 * 25: Lithuania, President (2nd round)
 * 25: Ukraine, President (1st round)
 * 26–27: Egypt, President
 * 28: Afghanistan, President (2nd round)

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Recently concluded

 * Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
 * Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
 * China: Bo Xilai
 * Croatia: Ivo Sanader
 * Germany: Breno Borges
 * Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
 * Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC)
 * Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
 * Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
 * South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
 * Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
 * United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans
 * United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum

Ongoing

 * Brazil: Mensalão scandal
 * Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 * Canada: Luka Magnotta
 * China: Organized crime in Chongqing
 * Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
 * France: Church of Scientology
 * Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone
 * Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
 * Iran: Babak Zanjani
 * Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
 * Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
 * Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
 * Palau: Tommy Remengesau
 * Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Bongbong Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan
 * Russia: Platon Lebedev
 * South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
 * Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
 * Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
 * Turkey: Kenan Evren
 * United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Max Clifford
 * United States: Jodi Arias

Upcoming
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 * France: Éric Raoult
 * Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
 * Jordan: Abu Qatada
 * Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
 * United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Rolf Harris, Dave Lee Travis, Stuart Hall
 * United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell
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