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Ongoing events

Economics Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Greek economic crisis European sovereign debt crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Irish Catholic sexual abuse scandal Nigerian presidential power crisis Philippine presidential elections Protests and political crisis in Kyrgyzstan Scientific Expedition 23 STS-131 Humanitarian Haiti earthquake response

Recent deaths
April 15: Benjamin Hooks 14: Peter Steele 10: Dixie Carter 10: Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash 8: Malcolm McLaren 8: Abel Muzorewa 7: Christopher Cazenove 6: Corin Redgrave 5: Vitali Sevastyanov 4: Alec Bedser 3: Eugène Terre'Blanche

Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East Darfur conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict South Yemen insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict War in Afghanistan Asia Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency South Thailand insurgency War in North-West Pakistan Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War Internal conflict in Peru

Elections
Recent: March 7: Iraq, Parliament 7: Switzerland, Referendum 14: Colombia, Parliament Recent: April 4: Bolivia, Regional 8: Sri Lanka, Parliament 11: Hungary, Parliament (1st Round) 11–13: Sudan, General Upcoming: April 18: Northern Cyprus, President 24: Nauru, Parliament 25: Austria, President 25: Hungary, Parliament (2nd Round)

Trials

Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon United Kingdom: Peter Chapman Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Ehren Watada

Holidays  and observances

Ongoing March 30 evening - May 18: Omer (Judaism) 13 - 16: Thingyan (Myanmar) 14 - 16: Rongali Bihu (Assam) 14 - 16: Cambodian New Year (Cambodia) April 2010 Current 16: Day of Silence (LGBT) 16: Joti Jot of Guru Angad Dev, Guru Har Krishan (Sikhism) 16: Ascension of Guru Amar Das, Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikhism) 16: Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C.) Upcoming 17: World Hemophilia Day 17: Flag Day (American Samoa) 17: Women's Day (Gabon) 17: FAO Day (Iraq) 17: Independence Day (Syria) 18: Easter Saturday (Western Christianity) 18: Birthday of Guru Angad Dev, Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikhism) 18: Armed Forces Day (Iran) 18: Independence Day (Zimbabwe) 19: Dutch-American Friendship Day (Netherlands, United States) 19: Sultan's Anniversary (Perak) 19: King's Birthday (Swaziland) 19: Primrose Day (United Kingdom) 19: Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (Uruguay) 19: Independence Declaration Day (Venezuela)