Portal:Current events/July 2007/Sidebar

Events
Ongoing Chinese protein export scandal Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy Global spread of H5N1 Iran's nuclear program ISS Expedition 15 Natural disasters Atlantic hurricane season Bulgarian heat wave Heat wave in South Asia North Indian Ocean cyclone season Pacific hurricane season Pacific typhoon season United Kingdom floods

Recent deaths
July 30: Michelangelo Antonioni 30: Ingmar Bergman 30: Bill Walsh 29: Tom Snyder 29: Marvin Zindler 29: Mike Reid 26: Skip Prosser 23: Mohammed Zahir Shah 22: Ulrich Mühe 22: Walter Jona 21: Don Arden 21: László Kovács 20: Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 18: Gen. Wayne Downing 18: Jerry Hadley 17: Jeremy Blake

Ongoing armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Waziristan War Hamas-Fatah clashes War in Somalia Turkish-Kurdish conflict Second Chechen War 2007 Lebanon conflict South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War War in Afghanistan Darfur conflict

Elections

Recent: July 1: Mali, Parliament (1st round) 1: Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, Territorial Council (SB) and Territorial Council (SM) 7: Latvia, referendum on security laws 8: Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, Territorial Council (SB) and Territorial Council (SM) 19: India, President 19: Nagorno-Karabakh, President 22: Cameroon, Parliament 22: Turkey, Parliament 22: Mali, Parliament (2nd round) 24: Vietnam, President 29: Japan, House of Councillors

Trials

Upcoming U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: William J. Jefferson Ongoing Australia: Peter Dupas Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances

1: Canada Day (Canada) 1: July Morning (Bulgaria) 1: Republic Day (Ghana) 3: Independence Day (Belarus) 4: Independence Day (United States) 5: Independence Day (Venezuela) 6: Independence Day (Malawi) 7: Saba Saba Day, Tanzania 7: San Fermin (Pamplona and Spain) 7: Tanabata (Japan) 9: Independence Day (Argentina) 14: Bastille Day (France) 20: Independence Day (Colombia) 21: Racial Harmony Day (Singapore) 21: Independence Day (Belgium) 24: Tisha B'Av (Jewish) 25: Commonwealth Day (Puerto Rico) 28: Independence Day (Peru) August 1: Independence Day (Benin) 1: Independence Day (Switzerland) 1: Emancipation Day (various Caribbean countries) 5: Independence Day (Burkina Faso) 6: Independence Day (Jamaica) 6: Independence Day (Bolivia) 7: Independence Day (Colombia) 8: Father's Day (Taiwan) 9: National Day (Singapore) 10: Independence Day (Ecuador) 11: Independence Day (Chad) 14: Independence Day (Pakistan) 15: Independence Day (Bahrain) 15: Independence Day (India) 15: Independence Day (North Korea) 15: Independence Day (South Korea) 16: Independence Day (Cyprus) 17: Independence Day (Indonesia) 19: Independence Day (Afghanistan) 24: Independence Day (Ukraine) 25: Independence Day (Uruguay) 27: Independence Day (Moldova) 31: Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan) 31: Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 31: Independence Day (Malaysia)