Portal:Current events/May 2007/Sidebar

Ongoing armed conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada); Brazilian gang violence; Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo; Hamas-Fatah clashes; War in Somalia; Ivorian Civil War; Kurdish conflict in Turkey; Sa'dah conflict; Second Chechen War; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; Taliban insurgency; Darfur conflict; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	May[edit] 28: Parren Mitchell; 28: Marquise Hill; 28: Toshikatsu Matsuoka; 28: Jörg Immendorff; 27: Edward Behr; 25: Charles Nelson Reilly; 25: Khalil al-Zahawi; 25: Bartholomew Ulufa'alu; 25: Bill Johnston; 23: Kei Kumai; 20: Stanley Miller; 20: Norman Von Nida; 20: Miroslav Deronjić; 18: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes; 17: Lloyd Alexander; 16: Mary Douglas; 16: Allan Hird; 16: Terry Ryan; 15: Yolanda King; 15: Jerry Falwell; 13: Mullah Dadullah; 11: Malietoa Tanumafili II; edit sidebar

Events
	Recent[edit] Lebanese anti-government protests; Six-party talks; Ongoing[edit] 2007 North Lebanon conflict; 2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy; Global spread of H5N1; Iran's nuclear program; ISS Expedition 15; North American pet food recall; Natural disasters[edit] North Indian cyclone season; Pacific hurricane season; Pacific typhoon season; edit sidebar

Elections
Recent [edit] May 14: Philippines, General 17: Algeria, Parliament 19: Romania, Presidential impeachment 20: Aosta Valley, Municipal 20: European Union, Bulgaria 20: Vietnam, Parliament 22: Manitoba, General 24: Ireland, Parliament 27: Spain, Regional 27: Syria, President 27–28: Italy, Municipal and Provincial 28: Israel, Labor Party Primary 28: Prince Edward Island, General 31: Latvia, President Upcoming [edit] June edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming [edit] U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing [edit] Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Ethiopia: CUD relating to 2005 elections. Iran: Nazanin Fatehi Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: Peter Braunstein U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Phil Spector U.S.: Mary Winkler edit sidebar

Holidays and observances
1: May Day (Europe) 1: Labour Day (India) 1: Maharashtra State Day (India) 1: Labour Day (Guyana) 1: Labour Day (Brazil) 2: Dos de Mayo (Spain) 5: Liberation Day (Ethiopia, Netherlands, Denmark) 5: Children's Day (Japan, South Korea) 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) 5: Indian Arrival Day Guyana 6: Lag Ba'omer (Judaism) 6: St George's Day (Bulgaria) 8: Victory in Europe Day 8: (Parent's Day) South Korea and Albania 9: Europe Day (European Union) 10: Mother's Day: Mexico 10: Mother's Day: South America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Oman, and Pakistan 13 (2nd Sunday): Mother's Day in Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe 16: Jerusalem Day (Israel) 17: Constitution Day (Norway) 24: Victoria Day (Canada) 24: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia) 25: African Liberation Day 26: National Sorry Day (Australia) 26: Independence Day (Guyana) 26: Mother's Day: Poland 27 (last Sunday): Mother's Day in France (switches to first Sunday of June if coincides with Pentecost), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sweden, Morocco, Bolivia 27: Children's Day (Nigeria) 28: Memorial Day (United States) 28: Republic Day (Armenia, Azerbaijan) 28: Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom) 28: Whit Monday (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands) 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji) 30: Mother's Day: Nicaragua 31: World No Tobacco Day June [edit] 1: International Children's Day 1: Madaraka Day (Kenya) edit sidebar

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