Portal:Current events/August 2007/Sidebar

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Ongoing

 * Chinese protein export scandal
 * Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
 * FIBA Americas Championship
 * Global spread of H5N1
 * Iran's nuclear program
 * ISS Expedition 15
 * Subprime mortgage financial crisis
 * World Championships in Athletics

Natural disasters
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 * Greek fires
 * Midwest United States floods
 * North Korean floods
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August
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 * 30: Michael Jackson (writer)
 * 29: Richard Jewell
 * 28: Antonio Puerta
 * 28: Hilly Kristal
 * 27: Driss Basri
 * 26: Gaston Thorn
 * 25: Ray Jones
 * 25: Raymond Barre
 * 24: Andrée Boucher
 * 21: Grace Paley
 * 21: Howe Yoon Chong
 * 20: Daniel Brewster
 * 20: Leona Helmsley
 * 18: Michael Deaver
 * 17: Bill Deedes
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Recent: August

 * 5: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2nd round)
 * 11: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament
 * 18: Kazakhstan, Parliament
 * 18: Maldives, constitutional referendum
 * 19: Thailand, referendum on the new constitution
 * 20: British Virgin Islands, Legislature
 * 22: Kiribati, Parliament
 * 25: Nauru, Parliament and constitutional referendum

Upcoming: August
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 * 30: Kiribati, President
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Upcoming

 * U.S.: Steven L. Jordan
 * U.S.: James Charles Kopp
 * U.S.: Ehren Watada
 * U.S.: Tom DeLay
 * U.S.: William J. Jefferson

Ongoing
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 * Australia: Robert Farquharson
 * Canada: Robert Pickton
 * China: Zhou Zhengyi
 * Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
 * Netherlands: Hofstad Network
 * Netherlands: ICC
 * Thomas Lubanga
 * Netherlands: ICTY
 * Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition)
 * Sierra Leone: SCfSL
 * Charles Taylor
 * U.S.: José Padilla
 * U.S.: Brian Nichols
 * U.S.: Phil Spector
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 * 1: Emancipation Day: Guyana
 * 1: Independence Day: Benin and Switzerland
 * 5: Independence Day: Burkina Faso
 * 6: National Salvadoran-American Day in the United States.
 * 6: Independence Day: Jamaica, Bolivia
 * 7: Independence Day: Colombia
 * 9: Independence Day: Singapore
 * 10: Independence Day: Ecuador
 * 11: Independence Day: Chad
 * 14: Independence Day: Pakistan
 * 15: Independence Day: Bahrain, India, North Korea, and South Korea
 * 16: Independence Day: Cyprus
 * 17: Independence Day: Indonesia
 * 19: Independence Day: Afghanistan
 * 23: Independence Day: Pankaj
 * 24: Independence Day: Ukraine
 * 25: Independence Day: Uruguay
 * 26: Heroes' Day (Namibia)
 * 27: Independence Day: Moldova
 * 31: Independence Day: Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Malaysia

September

 * 1: Independence Day (Uzbekistan)
 * 2: Independence Day (Vietnam)
 * 2: Father's Day (Australia)
 * 3: Independence Day (Qatar)
 * 3: Labor Day (United States and Canada)
 * 6: Defence Day (Pakistan)
 * 6: Independence Day (Swaziland)
 * 7: Independence Day (Brazil)
 * 8: Independence Day (Macedonia)
 * 9: Independence Day (North Korea)
 * 9: National Grandparents' Day (United States)
 * 11: Patriot Day (United States)
 * 15: Independence Day (Costa Rica)
 * 15: Independence Day (El Salvador)
 * 15: Independence Day (Guatemala)
 * 15: Independence Day (Honduras)
 * 15: Independence Day (Nicaragua)
 * 16: Independence Day (Mexico)
 * 15: Independence Day (Papua New Guinea)
 * 17: Respect for the Aged Day (Japan)
 * 21: Independence Day (Armenia)
 * 21: Independence Day (Belize)
 * 21: Independence Day (Malta)
 * 22: Independence Day (Bulgaria)
 * 22: Independence Day (Mali)
 * 23: Autumnal Equinox Day
 * 30: Independence Day (Botswana)

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