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Ongoing events

Disasters Horn of Africa famine Economic 2011 US debt ceiling crisis Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political Anti-austerity protests Greek protests Spanish protests Arab Spring Bahraini uprising Egyptian revolution Jordanian protests Libyan civil war Moroccan protests Syrian uprising Tunisian revolution Yemeni uprising Belgian political crisis Chilean student protests Freedom Flotilla II Kurdish protests News International phone hacking scandal Scientific Expedition 28

Recent deaths

August 1: Clyde Holding July 28: Abdul Fatah Younis 27: Richard Chavez 27: Ghulam Haider Hamidi 27: Hideki Irabu 27: Polly Platt 27: Bejaratana Rajasuda 27: John Stott 26: Margaret Olley 25: Michael Cacoyannis 25: Jeret Peterson 24: G. D. Spradlin 24: Dan Peek 23: Bill Morrissey 23: John Shalikashvili 23: Amy Winehouse 22: Linda Christian 22: Charles Taylor Manatt 20: Lucian Freud 18: Bob Stenehjem 18: James Wong 17: Juan María Bordaberry 17: John Kraaijkamp, Sr. 16: Rouhollah Dadashi 16: David Ngoombujarra 15: Cornell MacNeil 15: Googie Withers 13: Jerry Ragovoy 12: Allan Jeans 12: Ahmed Wali Karzai 12: Sherwood Schwartz 11: George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood 10: Roland Petit 9: Facundo Cabral 9: Würzel 8: Betty Ford 7: Manuel Galbán 7: Dick Williams 6: Josef Suk 6: Mani Kaul 6: John Mackey 5: Neil Dougherty 5: Armen Gilliam 5: Mika Myllylä 5: Cy Twombly 4: Otto von Habsburg 3: Anna Massey 2: Itamar Franco

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on Drugs Africa Libyan civil war Tunisian revolution Maghreb insurgency OEF - Trans Sahara Casamance conflict Niger Delta conflict Nigerian Sharia Conflict South Kordofan conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Somalia: Civil war War 2009- Piracy OEF - Horn of Africa Europe Basque conflict Real IRA North Caucasus insurgency Ingushetia civil war Middle East Iraqi insurgency Iran-Jundallah conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Palestinian political violence and rocket attacks Yemen: Terrorism and al-Qaeda crackdown South Yemen insurgency Shi’ite insurgency Kurdistan: Turkey–PKK conflict Iran–PJAK conflict Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency Pakistan: Terrorism North-West War Balochistan conflict Drone attacks Sectarian violence India: Terrorism Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Northeast India insurgency Nagaland ethnic conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean maritime border incidents Southeast Asia: Laos insurgency Burma internal conflict Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines Papua conflict Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican Drug War Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict

Elections

Recent: July 1: Morocco, Constitutional referendum 3: Thailand, General 17: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st round) 23: Latvia, Parliamentary dissolution referendum 25: Vietnam, President (indirect) Upcoming: August 7: Cape Verde, President 7: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round) 12: Guyana, Parliament 23: Liberia, Constitutional referendum 26: Abkhazia, President 29–30: Estonia, President (indirect)

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Germany: John Demjanjuk Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Netherlands: Geert Wilders United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: David Headley, Ahmed Ghailani, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Roger Clemens Upcoming Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali United States: Viktor Bout, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan, Conrad Murray, John Edwards

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