Portal:Current events/December 2013/Sidebar

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Economic

 * Great Recession
 * Eurozone crisis
 * Greek government-debt crisis

Environmental

 * 2013 extreme weather events
 * 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
 * 2013 Pacific typhoon season

Political

 * 2013 global surveillance disclosures
 * 2013 pro-European Union protests in Ukraine
 * 2013 South Sudanese political crisis
 * 2013 Thai political crisis
 * More details on ongoing conflicts below

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December

 * 31: John Fortune
 * 30: Eero Mäntyranta
 * 29: Andy Granatelli
 * 29: Wojciech Kilar
 * 29: Paul Sally
 * 28: Joseph Ruskin
 * 28: Halton Arp
 * 28: Andrew Jacobs Jr.
 * 28: Harold Simmons
 * 27: Mohamad Chatah
 * 26: Paul Blair
 * 26: Dr. Tangalanga
 * 26: Marta Eggerth
 * 25: Anthony J. Bryant
 * 25: Mike Hegan
 * 25: Mel Mathay
 * 24: Ron Noades
 * 24: Serghei Stroenco
 * 23: Mikhail Kalashnikov
 * 23: Yusef Lateef
 * 23: Ricky Lawson
 * 23: András Pándy
 * 23: Jeff Pollack
 * 23: G. S. Shivarudrappa
 * 22: Diomedes Díaz
 * 22: Ed Herrmann
 * 21: Edgar Bronfman Sr.
 * 21: David Coleman
 * 21: John Eisenhower
 * 20: Lord Infamous
 * 20: David Richards
 * 19: Herb Geller
 * 19: Al Goldstein
 * 19: Ned Vizzini
 * 18: Ronnie Biggs
 * 18: Ken Hutcherson
 * 18: Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza
 * 18: Larry Lujack
 * 18: Paul Torday
 * 17: Eyad al-Sarraj
 * 17: Janet Rowley
 * 16: Ray Price
 * 15: Harold Camping
 * 15: Joan Fontaine
 * 15: Dyron Nix
 * 14: John Cornforth
 * 14: Peter O'Toole
 * 14: George Rodrigue
 * 13: Daniel Escobar
 * 12: Jang Sung-taek
 * 12: Tom Laughlin
 * 12: Mac McGarry
 * 12: Abdul Quader Molla
 * 12: Audrey Totter
 * 12: Charles Marstiller Vest
 * 11: Barbara Branden
 * 10 Jim Hall
 * 9: Kees Brusse
 * 9: Shane del Rosario
 * 9: Eleanor Parker
 * 8: Don Mitchell
 * 8: Richard S. Williamson
 * 7: Jacob Matlala
 * 7: Édouard Molinaro
 * 6: Stan Tracey
 * 5: Nelson Mandela
 * 5: Tim Marcum
 * 5: Colin Wilson
 * 4: Hassan al-Laqqis
 * 4: Paul Aussaresses
 * 3: John Idzik
 * 3: Ahmed Fouad Negm
 * 3: Ida Pollock
 * 3: Bill Porter
 * 2: William Allain
 * 2: Junior Murvin
 * 2: Joseph Napolitan
 * 2: Mary Riggans
 * 2: Christopher Evan Welch
 * 1: Heinrich Boere
 * 1: Walter E. Ellis
 * 1: T. R. Fehrenbach
 * 1: Edward Heffron
 * 1: Martin Sharp

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Global

 * War on Drugs
 * War on Terror
 * Operation Active Endeavour
 * Operation Enduring Freedom
 * Terrorist incidents, July–December 2013

Africa

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


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil conflict


 * Egypt
 * Islamist protests
 * Sinai insurgency


 * Libya
 * Libyan factional 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


 * Philippines
 * Communist insurgency
 * Moro insurgency


 * Korea
 * Korean maritime border conflict


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


 * 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
 * North Caucasus insurgency
 * War in Ingushetia

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: December

 * 1: Croatia, Constitutional referendum
 * 15: Chile, Presidential (2nd round)
 * 15: Mali, Parliament (2nd round)
 * 15: Turkmenistan, Parliament
 * 20: Madagascar, President (2nd round) and parliament
 * 21: Mauritania, Parliament (2nd round)

Upcoming: January

 * 5: Bangladesh, General
 * 14–15: Egypt, Constitutional referendum

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Recently concluded

 * Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
 * China: Bo Xilai
 * Croatia: Ivo Sanader
 * Germany: Breno Borges
 * Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir
 * Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
 * Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY)
 * Norway: Anders Behring Breivik
 * 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 Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins
 * United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, 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
 * Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
 * 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, Jinggoy Estrada, Gregorio Honasan, Janet Lim-Napoles, Bongbong Marcos, Nur Misuari, Manny Pacquiao, Jovito Palparan, Juan Ponce Enrile, Bong Revilla
 * Russia: Platon Lebedev
 * Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
 * Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
 * Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren
 * United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, William Roache, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark
 * United States: Jodi Arias

Upcoming
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 * France: Éric Raoult
 * Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
 * Jordan: Abu Qatada
 * Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
 * South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
 * United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris, Nicholas Jacobs, Neville Neville
 * 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
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