Portal:Current events/January 2008/Sidebar

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January
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 * 30: Marcial Maciel
 * 30: Jeremy Beadle
 * 29: Margaret Truman
 * 28: Abu Laith al Libi
 * 28: Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens
 * 27: Gordon B. Hinckley
 * 27: Suharto
 * 26: Viktor Schreckengost
 * 26: Christian Brando
 * 26: Paddy McGuinness
 * 26: George Habash
 * 22: Heath Ledger
 * 21: Marie Smith Jones
 * 19: Frances Lewine
 * 19: Andy Palacio
 * 19: Suzanne Pleshette
 * 19: John Stewart (musician)
 * 19: Don Wittman
 * 18: Georgia Frontiere
 * 18: Bertram James
 * 18: Ugo Pirro
 * 17: Bobby Fischer
 * 17: Ernie Holmes
 * 17: Allan Melvin
 * 16: Hone Tuwhare
 * 15: Brad Renfro
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January

 * 5: Georgia, President, NATO referendum and election date referendum
 * 7: Marshall Islands, President
 * 9: Kosovo, President
 * 12: Republic of China (Taiwan), Parliament. referendum
 * 15: Barbados, Parliament
 * 19: Faroe Islands, Parliament
 * 20: Cuba, Parliament
 * 20: Serbia, President (1st round)
 * 27: French Polynesia, Legislative (1st Round)
 * 29: Bhutan, National Council

February
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 * 3: Serbia, President (2nd round)
 * 7: Belize, Parliament and a referendum
 * 11: Lebanon, President
 * 18: Pakistan, Parliament
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Upcoming

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

Ongoing
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 * Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 * Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
 * Netherlands: ICC
 * Thomas Lubanga
 * Netherlands: ICTY
 * Peru: Alberto Fujimori
 * Sierra Leone: SCfSL
 * Charles Taylor
 * US: Jena Six
 * US: Brian Nichols
 * US: José Padilla
 * US: Phil Spector
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 * 1: New Year's Day
 * 1: Independence Day (Haiti)
 * 7: Christmas (Orthodox)
 * 14: Old New Year (Orthodox)
 * 26: Australia Day
 * 26: Republic Day (India)
 * 31: Fat Thursday

February

 * 1: Imbolc (Northern Hemisphere)
 * 2: Groundhog Day (Canada, United States)
 * 2: Candlemas (Western Christianity)
 * 3: Setsubun (Japan)
 * 5: Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity)
 * 6: Ash Wednesday/ (Western Christianity)
 * 7: Chinese New Year
 * 11: National Foundation Day (Japan)
 * 12: Darwin Day
 * 14: Valentine's Day
 * 18: President's Day (United States)
 * 21: Daeboreum (Korea)
 * 21: International Mother Language Day
 * 21: Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)
 * 26: Savior's Day (Nation of Islam)
 * 28: Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

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