Portal:Current events/October 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
	War in Afghanistan; Acholiland insurgency; Civil war in Chad; Second Chechen War; Colombian armed conflict; War in Darfur; Fatah–Hamas conflict; Iraq War; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Turkey-PKK conflict; Iran-PJAK conflict; Mexican drug war; War in North-West Pakistan; Insurgency in Ogaden; Insurgency in the Philippines; War in Somalia; Shia insurgency in Yemen; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; edit this archived sidebar

Recent deaths
	October 31: Studs Terkel; 26: Tony Hillerman; 25: Muslim Magomayev; 25: Anne Pressly; 24: Merl Saunders; 21: Sonja Bernadotte; 20: Gene Hickerson; 20: Pat Kavanagh; 19: Richard Blackwell; 19: Rudy Ray Moore; 19: Gianni Raimondi; 18: Dee Dee Warwick; 18: Dave McKenna; 18: Xie Jin; 17: Ben Weider; 17: Levi Stubbs; 15: Wang Yung-ching; 15: Edie Adams; 15: Jack Narz; 15: Eddie Thompson; 14: Richard Cooey; 14: Ray Lowry; 13: Frank Rosenthal; 13: Paul Rogers; 13: Guillaume Depardieu; 13: Alexei Cherepanov; 11: Neal Hefti; 11: Jörg Haider; 10: Alton Ellis; 10: Alexey Prokurorov; 9: Gidget Gein; 8: Bob Friend; 8: Eileen Herlie; 8: Norman Hogg; 7: George Emil Palade; 4: Mahir al-Zubaydi; 2: Choi Jin-sil; 2: Rob Guest; 1: Nick Reynolds; Boris Efimov; edit this archived sidebar

Ongoing events
	Nobel Prize announcements; Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence; Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence; Global financial crisis; Icelandic financial crisis; Russian financial crisis; World food price crisis; Treaty of Lisbon ratification; Piracy in Somalia; edit this archived sidebar

Elections
President nuclear power referendum Parliament President General (1^st Round) Security Council 17/ Senate (one third) Parliament (2^nd Round) Municipal President (2^nd Round) President November Senate (one third: "Class II" Senators) General General Senate and House of Delegates Legislative General Parliament edit this archived sidebar

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: Kwame Kilpatrick U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector US: Ted Stevens edit this archived sidebar

Upcoming holidays and observances
2: Gandhi Jayanthi India 13: Columbus Day (observed) in many U.S. states. Thanksgiving in Canada. 15: The inaugural Global Handwashing Day 31: Halloween 31: King-Father’s Birthday (Cambodia) 31: Allantide (Cornwall) 31: Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man) 31: Nevada Day (Nevada) Reformed churches, Slovenia, Germany ) Pagan, Wicca in Northern Hemisphere ) Pagan, Wicca in Southern Hemisphere ) November 1: World Vegan Day 1: All Saints' Day (Western Christianity) National Day (Algeria ) State Day (India ) 1: Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka) 1: National Authors' Day (United States) 1: National Family Literacy Day (United States) 1: Calan Gaeaf (Wales) 1-2: Day of the Dead (Mexico) 2: All Souls' Day (Western Christianity) Rastafari ) 2: Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius) edit this archived sidebar