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Ongoing conflicts
	Worldwide[edit] War on terror; Africa / Middle East[edit] Chadian Civil War; War in Darfur; Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Conflict in the Niger Delta; Somali Civil War; Second Tuareg Rebellion; Turkey–PKK conflict; Asia[edit] War in Afghanistan; Balochistan conflict; Internal conflict in Burma; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Laotian Secret War; Ethnic conflict in Nagaland; Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; War in North-West Pakistan; South Thailand insurgency; Americas[edit] Colombian conflict; Mexican drug war; Internal conflict in Peru; edit this archived sidebar

Recent deaths
	June[edit] 28: Billy Mays; 25: Farrah Fawcett; 25: Michael Jackson; 24: Roméo LeBlanc; 23: Ed McMahon; 23: Jerri Nielsen; 23: Phyllis Busansky; 22: Steve Race; 20: Neda Agha-Soltan; 18: Ali Akbar Khan; 17: Ralf Dahrendorf; 17: John Houghtaling; 14: Bob Bogle; 13: Mitsuharu Misawa; 12: Félix Malloum; 12: Huey Long; 9: Norman E. Brinker; 9: Karl Michael Vogler; 3: David Carradine; edit this archived sidebar

Ongoing events
	Economic[edit] Automotive industry crisis; Financial crisis; Worldwide recession; Humanitarian[edit] Flu pandemic; Zimbabwean cholera outbreak; Political / Military[edit] British Parliamentary spending and vote-selling scandals; Constitutional change in the Philippines; Fijian constitutional crisis; Iranian election protests; Peruvian political crisis; North Korean nuclear program; Piracy in Somalia; Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty renewal; Thai political crisis; Treaty of Lisbon ratification; Australian "Utegate" scandal; Scientific[edit] Soyuz TMA-14 and 15; edit this archived sidebar

Elections
Recent[edit] June[edit] 4–7: European Union, Parliament 7: Denmark, Act of Succession referendum 7: Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies 7: Lebanon, Parliament 12: Iran, President 21: Haiti, Senate (2nd Round) 21–22: Italy, Electoral law referendum Upcoming[edit] 28: Albania, Parliament 28: Argentina, Legislative 28: Guinea-Bissau, President edit this archived sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded[edit] New Zealand: Nai Yin Xue New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector Ongoing[edit] Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Larry O'Brien France: Church of Scientology Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Sixedit this archived sidebar Upcoming[edit] Germany: John Demjanjuk United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno

Holidays and observances
June[edit] Ongoing[edit] 15–29: Apostles' Fast (Eastern Christianity) Current[edit] 24: Feast of Raḥmat (Baháʼí Faith) 24: Saint John the Baptist Day (Christianity) 24: Rath Yatra (Hinduism) 24: Midsummer Day (England) 24: Jāņi (Latvia) 24: Saint Jonas' Festival (Lithuania) 24: Manila Day (Manila) 24: National Holiday (Quebec) 24: Inti Raymi (Sacsayhuamán) 24: Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) Upcoming[edit] 25: Flag Day (LGBT) 25: Statehood Day (Croatia) 25: Independence Day (Mozambique) 25: Statehood Day (Slovenia) 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 26: International Day in Support of Torture Victims 26: Army and Navy Day (Azerbaijan) 26: Independence Day (Madagascar) 26: Reconciliation Day (New Caledonia) 26: Flag Day (Romania) 26: Independence Day (Somalia) 26: Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand) edit this archived sidebar