Portal:Current events/March 2008/Sidebar

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March
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 * 30: Dith Pran
 * 25: Abby Mann
 * 24: Neil Aspinall
 * 24: Richard Widmark
 * 23: Al Copeland
 * 20: Brian Wilde
 * 19: Paul Scofield
 * 19: Arthur C. Clarke
 * 18: Anthony Minghella
 * 16: Ivan Dixon
 * 15: Vicki Van Meter
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March

 * 2: Russia, Presidential
 * 2: Thailand, Senate (indirect)
 * 3: Alberta, Canada, Legislative
 * 8: Malta, Parliament, Local councils
 * 8: Malaysia, Federal Parliament and State Assemblies
 * 9: France, Municipal (1st round)
 * 9: Spain, Parliament
 * 14: Iran, Legislative
 * 15: People's Republic of China, President (indirect)
 * 16: People's Republic of China, Premier (indirect)
 * 16: France, Municipal (2nd round)
 * 22: Republic of China (Taiwan), President, Referendum
 * 24: Bhutan, Parliament
 * 29: Zimbabwe, President, Parliament

April
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 * 6 April: Montenegro, President
 * 9 April: South Korea, Parliament
 * 10 April: Nepal, Constituent Assembly
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Upcoming

 * US: James Charles Kopp
 * US: Ehren Watada
 * US: Tom DeLay
 * US: William J. Jefferson
 * US; Kwame Kilpatrick
 * US; Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

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: China Arnold
 * US: Jena Six
 * US: Brian Nichols
 * US: José Padilla
 * US: Phil Spector
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 * 2: Mothering Sunday (Britain)
 * 7: Nyepi (Indonesia)
 * 8: Women's Day (India, Russia, South Africa)
 * 10: Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations)
 * 12: Arbor Day (China)
 * 14: Saint Patrick's Day (Catholic Church)
 * 14: New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar)
 * 14: Pi Day
 * 14: White Day (Japan and Korea)
 * 15: National Day (Hungary)
 * 15: Saint Patrick's Day, Hōnen Matsuri (Japan)
 * 15: Ides of March, Roman calendar
 * 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: Good Friday (Western; Eastern date is April 25)
 * 21: World Poetry Day
 * 21: Equinoctial Earth Day
 * 22: World Water Day
 * 23: Republic Day (Pakistan)
 * 23: Easter Sunday (Western; Eastern date is April 27)
 * 24: World Tuberculosis Day
 * 25: Independence Day (Greece)
 * 25: Freedom Day (Belarus)
 * 25: Feast of the Annunciation
 * 26: St. Gregory's Day (Malta)
 * 26: Document Freedom Day
 * 28: Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
 * 30: Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
 * 31: Feast of the Annunciation (Catholicism)
 * 31: Cesar Chavez Day (some U.S. states)
 * 31: Freedom Day (Malta)
 * 31: Mawlid (Sunni Islam)

April

 * 1: April Fools' Day
 * 4: Qingming Festival (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China)

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