Portal:Current events/December 2015/Sidebar

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Political

 * War in Afghanistan
 * Boko Haram insurgency
 * Burundian unrest
 * Iraqi Civil War
 * Military intervention against ISIL
 * American-led
 * Iranian
 * Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015)
 * Lebanese anti-government protests
 * Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
 * Nepal fuel crisis
 * PKK rebellion
 * Yemeni Civil War
 * Saudi Arabian-led intervention
 * Second Libyan Civil War
 * Sinai insurgency
 * South China Sea disputes
 * Syrian Civil War
 * American-led intervention
 * Russian military intervention
 * War in Donbass
 * Russian military intervention in Ukraine

Sports

 * 2015-16 UEFA Champions League
 * 2015–16 La Liga season
 * 2015–16 NBA season
 * 2015–16 NHL season
 * 2015–16 Premier League season


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December

 * 29: Pavel Srníček
 * 29: Kim Yang-gon
 * 28: Eloy Inos
 * 28: Lemmy
 * 28: Tiffany Leong
 * 28: Ian Murdock
 * 27: Stein Eriksen
 * 27: Ellsworth Kelly
 * 27: Meadowlark Lemon
 * 27: Alfredo Pacheco
 * 27: Haskell Wexler
 * 27: Stevie Wright
 * 25: Zahran Alloush
 * 25: George Clayton Johnson
 * 25: Jim Carlton
 * 25: Robert Spitzer
 * 24: William Guest
 * 23: Don Howe
 * 23: Bülent Ulusu
 * 20: Patricia Elliott
 * 19: Jimmy Hill
 * 19: Greville Janner
 * 19: Kurt Masur
 * 18: Léon Mébiame
 * 16: Gabre Gabric
 * 16: Bob Krause
 * 15: Licio Gelli
 * 15: Kathy Secker
 * 15: Harry Zvi Tabor
 * 14: Scat Daddy
 * 14: Glen Sonmor
 * 14: Lillian Vernon
 * 13: Benedict Anderson
 * 13: John Bannon
 * 12: Abu Ali al-Anbari
 * 12: Jon Gadsby
 * 12: Sharad Anantrao Joshi
 * 12: Evelyn S. Lieberman
 * 12: I. Howard Marshall
 * 11: Harry Butler
 * 11: John "Hot Rod" Williams
 * 10: Ron Bouchard
 * 10: Arnold Peralta
 * 10: Dolph Schayes
 * 9: Juvenal Juvêncio
 * 8: Gus Gil
 * 8: Alan Hodgkinson
 * 8: Douglas Tompkins
 * 8: John Trudell
 * 8: Elsie Tu
 * 7: Ko Chun-hsiung
 * 7: Gerhard Lenski
 * 7: Shirley Stelfox
 * 6: Ken Beatrice
 * 6: Nicholas Smith
 * 6: Holly Woodlawn
 * 5: Zafar Altaf
 * 5: William McIlvanney
 * 5: Hack Meyers
 * 5: Tibor Rubin
 * 5: Chuck Williams
 * 4: Robert Loggia
 * 4: Xu Ming
 * 4: Yossi Sarid
 * 3: Gladstone Anderson
 * 3: Shared Belief
 * 3: Scott Weiland
 * 2: Sandy Berger
 * 2: John Eaton
 * 2: Gabriele Ferzetti
 * 2: A. Sheriff
 * 1: Joseph Engelberger
 * 1: Jim Loscutoff

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Africa

 * Algeria, Tunisia and Niger
 * Maghreb insurgency


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil war


 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Kivu conflict
 * ADF insurgency
 * Katanga insurgency
 * Ituri conflict
 * Lord's Resistance Army insurgency


 * Libya
 * Civil war


 * Mali
 * Northern Mali conflict


 * Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger
 * Boko Haram insurgency


 * Somalia
 * Civil war


 * South Sudan
 * South Sudanese Civil War


 * Sudan
 * War in Darfur
 * South Kordofan conflict

Americas

 * Colombian conflict
 * Internal conflict in Peru
 * Mexican War on Drugs

Asia

 * Afghanistan War


 * China
 * Xinjiang conflict


 * India
 * Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
 * Insurgency in Northeast India


 * India and Pakistan
 * Kashmir conflict


 * Pakistan
 * War in North-West Pakistan
 * Balochistan conflict


 * Philippines
 * CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion
 * Moro conflict
 * Cross border attacks in Sabah


 * Southeast Asia
 * Internal conflict in Burma
 * Papua conflict
 * South Thailand insurgency

Europe

 * Georgia
 * Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
 * Georgian–Ossetian conflict


 * Chechen–Russian conflict
 * North Caucasus insurgency
 * War in Ingushetia


 * Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * Nagorno-Karabakh conflict


 * Ukraine
 * War in Donbass
 * Russian military intervention in Ukraine

Middle East

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


 * Egypt
 * Sinai insurgency


 * Iran
 * Iran–PJAK conflict


 * Iraqi civil war
 * American-led intervention in Iraq
 * Iranian intervention in Iraq


 * Syrian Civil War
 * American-led intervention in Syria
 * Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon


 * Turkey
 * Turkey–PKK conflict
 * Turkey–ISIL conflict


 * Yemeni crisis
 * Houthi rebellion
 * Al-Qaeda insurgency
 * South Yemen insurgency

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Recent

 * December
 * 3: Denmark, EU referendum
 * 3–5: Seychelles, President (1st round)
 * 6: Armenia, constitutional referendum
 * 6: Venezuela, National Assembly
 * 9: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, House of Assembly
 * 13: Central African Republic, Constitutional referendum
 * 16–18: Seychelles, President (2nd round)
 * 18: Rwanda, constitutional referendum
 * 20: Slovenia, same-sex marriage referendum
 * 20: Spain, Cortes Generales
 * 30: Central African Republic, President, National Assembly (1st round)
 * 30: Kiribati, House of Assembly (1st round)

Upcoming

 * January
 * 16: Taiwan, President, Legislative Yuan
 * 24: Portugal, President

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Recently concluded

 * Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
 * Brazil: Mensalão scandal
 * Canada: Luka Magnotta
 * China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng, Jiang Jiemin, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang, Gu Junshan
 * Croatia: Ivo Sanader
 * Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi
 * Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff
 * Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
 * Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh
 * Jordan: Abu Qatada
 * Philippines: Joseph Scott Pemberton
 * Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu
 * Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Eston Kohver, Vladimir Kvachkov
 * South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius
 * Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya
 * United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot
 * United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Jodi Arias, Anas al-Libi, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Sheldon Silver
 * International
 * ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan
 * ICC: Germain Katanga
 * ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir

Ongoing

 * China: Yao Mugen, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli
 * Germany: Beate Zschäpe
 * Iran: Babak Zanjani, Jason Rezaian
 * Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan
 * Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae
 * Russia: Alexei Navalny
 * South Korea: MV Sewol crew members
 * United States: Dean Skelos
 * International
 * ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić
 * PCA: China

Upcoming
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 * China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua
 * Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
 * Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
 * Spain: Lionel Messi
 * United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry
 * International
 * ICC: Laurent Gbagbo
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