Portal:Current events/October 2007/Sidebar

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Ongoing

 * Burmese anti-government protests
 * Iran's nuclear program operation
 * ISS Expedition 16
 * Subprime mortgage financial crisis

Natural disasters
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 * California fires
 * Pacific typhoon season
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October
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 * 30: Robert Goulet
 * 28: Porter Wagoner
 * 27: Khun Sa
 * 26: Arthur Kornberg
 * 26: Nicolae Dobrin
 * 21: R. B. Kitaj
 * 18: Vincent DeDomenico
 * 18: Alan Coren
 * 18: Lucky Dube
 * 17: Joey Bishop
 * 16: Deborah Kerr
 * 16: Tose Proeski
 * 14: Big Moe
 * 13: Bob Denard
 * 13: Vernon Bellecourt
 * 13: Alec Kessler
 * 12: Lonny Chapman
 * 12: Soe Win
 * 12: Kim Edward Beazley
 * 11: Roy Rosenzweig
 * 11: Werner von Trapp
 * 9: Carol Bruce
 * 7: Norifumi Abe
 * 6: Jo Ann Davis
 * 3: Tony Ryan
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Recent

 * October 15–21: People's Republic of China, Leadership of the Communist Party of China
 * October 16: United Nations, Security Council
 * October 17: Kiribati, President
 * October 21: Switzerland, Parliament
 * October 21: Åland, Lagting
 * October 21: Slovenia, President
 * October 21: Turkey, constitutional referendum
 * October 21: Poland, Parliament
 * October 21: Kyrgyzstan, constitutional referendum
 * October 20–24: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination
 * October 27: Oman, Assembly
 * October 28: Argentina, President and Parliament

Upcoming
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 * October: Nauru, constitutional referendum
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Upcoming

 * U.S.: Steven L. Jordan
 * U.S.: James Charles Kopp
 * U.S.: Ehren Watada
 * U.S.: Tom DeLay
 * U.S.: William J. Jefferson

Ongoing
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 * Australia: Robert Farquharson
 * Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 * Canada: Robert Pickton
 * China: Zhou Zhengyi
 * China: Chen Liangyu
 * Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
 * Netherlands: Hofstad Network
 * Netherlands: ICC
 * Thomas Lubanga
 * Netherlands: ICTY
 * Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition)
 * Sierra Leone: SCfSL
 * Charles Taylor
 * U.S.: Jena Six
 * U.S.: Brian Nichols
 * U.S.: José Padilla
 * U.S.: Phil Spector
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 * 1: Independence Day: (Nigeria and Cyprus)
 * 2: Gandhi Jayanti (India)
 * 3: Last third of Ramadan which includes Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
 * 3: end of Sukkot, sunset (Judaism)
 * 4: Independence Day: (Lesotho)
 * 5: Proclamation of Republic (Portugal)
 * 8: Thanksgiving (Canada)
 * 8: Health and Sports Day (Japan)
 * 8: Columbus Day (United States)
 * 8: Independence Day: (Croatia)
 * 13: Eid ul-Fitr (Islam)
 * 16: World Food Day
 * 20: Kenyatta Day (Kenya)
 * 21: Apple Day
 * 24: Independence Day: (Zambia)
 * 24: United Nations Day
 * 25: Thanksgiving Day (Grenada; commemorates Invasion of Grenada, 1983)
 * 27: Independence Day: (Azerbaijan, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Turkmenistan, Czech Republic, and Slovakia)
 * 31: Halloween

November

 * 9: Iqbal Day (Pakistan)

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