Portal:Current events/February 2008/Sidebar

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February
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 * 28: Mike Smith
 * 27: Boyd Coddington
 * 27: William F. Buckley Jr.
 * 26: Dan Shomron
 * 23: Denis Lazure
 * 23: Janez Drnovšek
 * 22: Johnnie Carr
 * 21: Robin Moore
 * 21: Evan Mecham
 * 20: Emily Perry
 * 19: Lydia Shum
 * 18: Alain Robbe-Grillet
 * 16: James Orange
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February

 * 3: Serbia, President (2nd round)
 * 3: Monaco, Parliament
 * 7: Belize, Parliament and a referendum
 * 8: Djibouti, Parliament
 * 10: French Polynesia, Legislative (2nd round)
 * 11: Trinidad and Tobago, President (indirect)
 * 15: Czech Republic, President (indirect)
 * 17: Cyprus, President (1st round)
 * 18: Pakistan, Parliament
 * 19: Armenia, President
 * 24: Cyprus, President (2nd round)
 * 24: Cuba, President (indirect)

March
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 * 2: Russia, Presidential
 * 2: Thailand, Senate (indirect)
 * 3: Alberta, Canada, Legislative
 * 5: People's Republic of China, President, Premier (indirect)
 * 8: Malta, Parliament, Local councils
 * 8: Malaysia, Parliament
 * 9: Spain, Parliament
 * 14: Iran, Legislative
 * 22: Republic of China (Taiwan), President, Referendum
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Upcoming

 * US: James Charles Kopp
 * US: Ehren Watada
 * US: Tom DeLay
 * US: William J. Jefferson

Ongoing
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 * Australia: Thomas Graham Towle
 * Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 * Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
 * Netherlands: ICC
 * Thomas Lubanga
 * Netherlands: ICTY
 * Peru: Alberto Fujimori
 * Sierra Leone: SCfSL
 * Charles Taylor
 * US: China Arnold
 * US: Jena Six
 * US: Brian Nichols
 * US: José Padilla
 * US: Phil Spector
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 * 2: Candlemas
 * 5: Shrove Tuesday
 * 6: Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
 * 6: Ash Wednesday
 * 7: Chinese New Year
 * 14: Valentine's Day
 * 17: Independence Day (Kosovo)
 * 18: Presidents' Day
 * 18: Family Day (Canada)
 * 23: Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
 * 27: Independence Day (Dominican Republic)

March

 * 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain)
 * 12 - Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations)
 * 12 - Arbor Day (China)
 * 14 - White Day (Japan and Korea)
 * 14 - New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar)
 * 15 - National Day (Hungary)
 * 15 - Hōnen Matsuri (Japan)
 * 15 - Ides of March, Roman calendar
 * 17 - Saint Patrick's Day
 * 19 - Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity)
 * 19 - Father's Day (Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain)
 * 19 - Canberra Day (Australian Capital Territory)
 * 20 - Nowruz (Iran and Zoroastrianism)
 * 21 - Purim (Jewish holiday)
 * 21 - World Poetry Day
 * 21 - Equinoctial Earth Day
 * 22 - World Water Day
 * 23 - Republic Day (Pakistan)
 * 23 - Easter Sunday (Western)
 * 24 - World Tuberculosis Day
 * 25 - Freedom Day (Belarus)
 * 28 - Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
 * 30 - Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
 * 31 - Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity)
 * 31 - Cesar Chavez Day (some U.S. states)
 * 31 - Freedom Day (Malta)
 * 31 - Mawlid (Sunni Islam)

April

 * 1 - April Fools' Day

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