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Economic

 * Worldwide recession
 * Financial crisis
 * Global
 * Iceland
 * Ireland (banking / financial)
 * Russia
 * Automotive industry crisis
 * Sun Microsystems acquisition

Political / Military

 * Malagasy political crisis
 * Piracy in Somalia
 * Treaty of Lisbon ratification
 * North Korean nuclear program
 * Fijian constitutional crisis
 * Thai political crisis
 * Imprisonment of Roxana Saberi
 * International recognition of Kosovo

Humanitarian

 * Zimbabwean cholera outbreak
 * Swine influenza outbreak

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April

 * 26: Feroz Khan
 * 25: Beatrice Arthur
 * 22: Ken Annakin
 * 22: Jack Cardiff
 * 21: Jack Jones
 * 19: J. G. Ballard
 * 19: Doc Blanchard
 * 18: Edward George
 * 18: Bill Orton
 * 16: Viktor Paskov
 * 15: Clement Freud
 * 14: Peter Rogers
 * 13: Mark Fidrych
 * 13: Jack D. Hunter
 * 13: Harry Kalas

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Worldwide

 * War on terror

Africa / Middle East

 * Chadian Civil War
 * War in Darfur
 * Iraq War
 * Arab–Israeli conflict
 * Maghreb insurgency
 * Conflict in the Niger Delta
 * Somali Civil War
 * Second Tuareg Rebellion
 * Second Ugandan Civil War

Asia

 * War in Afghanistan
 * Balochistan conflict
 * Internal conflict in Burma
 * Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
 * Laotian Secret War
 * Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
 * Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
 * Insurgency in the Philippines
 * South Thailand insurgency
 * Sri Lankan Civil War
 * Turkey–PKK conflict

Americas

 * Colombian conflict
 * Mexican drug war
 * Internal conflict in Peru

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April

 * 4: Slovakia, President (second round)
 * 5: Republic of Macedonia, President (second round)
 * 5: Moldova, Parliament
 * 9: Indonesia, Parliament
 * 9: Algeria, President
 * 16: India, Parliament (first round)
 * 19: Haiti, Senate
 * 19: Northern Cyprus, Parliament
 * 22: South Africa, National Assembly
 * 23: India, Parliament (second round)
 * 25: Iceland, Parliament

Ongoing

 * 26: Ecuador, President and Parliament
 * 26: Andorra, Parliament
 * 26: Ecuador, President and Parliament

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 * 30: India, Parliament (third round)
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Recently concluded

 * Peru: Alberto Fujimori
 * Sweden: The Pirate Bay
 * United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector

Ongoing

 * Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 * Canada: Larry O'Brien
 * Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
 * Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox
 * Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY)
 * New Zealand: David Bain (retrial)
 * Republic of China]]: Chen Shui-bian
 * Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
 * Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan
 * Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
 * United States: Jena Six[ edit this archived sidebar]

Upcoming

 * United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

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Ongoing

 * 9 – May 28: Omer (Judaism)
 * 20 – May 2: Riḍván (Baháʼí Faith)

Current

 * 27: World Graphic Design Day
 * 27: Parashurama Jayanti (Hinduism)
 * 27: Confederate Memorial Day (Alabama, Mississippi)
 * 27: National Veterans' Day (Finland)
 * 27: Basava Jayanti (Karnataka)
 * 27: Abolition Day (Mayotte)
 * 27: Parents' Day (Moldova)
 * 27: Independence Day (Sierra Leone)
 * 27: Resistance Day (Slovenia)
 * 27: Freedom Day, UnFreedom Day (South Africa)
 * 27: Independence Day (Togo)

Upcoming

 * 28: Workers' Memorial Day
 * 28: Feast of Jamál (Baháʼí Faith)
 * 28: Radonitsa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
 * 28: Yom Hazikaron (Judaism, Israel)
 * 28: Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan)
 * 28: National Heroes' Day (Barbados)
 * 28: National Day of Mourning (Canada)
 * 28: Admission Day (Maryland)
 * 28: Saint Peter Chanel Day (Wallis and Futuna)
 * 29: International Dance Day
 * 29: Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel, Judaism)
 * 29: Shōwa Day (Japan)
 * 30: Queen's Birthday (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
 * 30: Admission Day (Louisiana)
 * 30: Children's Day (Mexico)
 * 30: King's Birthday (Sweden)
 * 30: Honesty Day (United States)
 * 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam)
 * 30 – May 1: Walpurgis Night (Europe, Neopaganism, Satanism)

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