Portal:Current events/June 2007/Sidebar

Events

Recent STS-117 Ongoing Copa América 2007 Lebanon conflict 2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2007 Zimbabwe coup d'état attempt Chinese protein export scandal Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy Fatah-Hamas conflict Global spread of H5N1 Iran's nuclear program ISS Expedition 15 2007 pet food recalls Natural disasters Atlantic hurricane season Heat wave in South Asia North Indian cyclone season Pacific hurricane season Pacific typhoon season 2007 European heat wave June 2007 United Kingdom floods

Recent deaths
June 29: Joel Siegel 26: Liz Claiborne 25: Chris Benoit 24: Charles W. Lindberg 24: Rod Beck 22: Nancy Benoit 20: J.B. Handelsman 18: Vilma Espín 18: Bernard Manning 18: Hank Medress 18: Georges Thurston 17: Gianfranco Ferrè 16: Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani 15: Sherri Martel 14: Ruth Graham 14: Kurt Waldheim 12: Walid Eido 12: Sir Wally Herbert 12: Don Herbert 11: Ray Mears

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 Turkish-Kurdish conflict Second Chechen War South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Taliban insurgency Darfur conflict

Elections
Recent June 3: Senegal, Parliament 10: Belgium, Parliament 10: Mayotte, Assembly 10: France, Legislature 13: Israel, President 16: Samoa, o le Ao o le Malo 17: France, Legislature Upcoming June 30: East Timor, Parliament 30-July 10: Papua New Guinea, Parliament June: Jordan, Parliament June: Nauru, President

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 Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi Ethiopia: CUD relating to 2005 elections. Iran: Nazanin Fatehi 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.: Conrad Black U.S.: Peter Braunstein U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Phil Spector U.S.: Mary Winkler

Holidays and observances

4: Queen's Official Birthday (New Zealand) 5: Constitution Day (Denmark) 5: World Environment Day (United Nations General Assembly) 5: Father's Day: Denmark 6: D-Day 6: Flag Day, National day of Sweden 7: Flag Day: Peru 11: Kamehameha Day, Hawaiian state holiday. United States 11: Queen's Official Birthday (Australia) 12: Independence Day (Philippines) 14: Flag Day: United States 15: Flag Day: Denmark 17: (3rd Sunday) – Father's Day: Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. 19: Juneteenth (United States) 20: Flag Day: Argentina 21: Summer Solstice (longest day of the year) 23: Father's Day: Poland and Nicaragua 26: Flag Day: Romania July 1: Canada Day (Canada) 1: July Morning (Bulgaria) 4: Independence Day (United States) 5: Independence Day (Venezuela) 6: Independence Day (Malawi) 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) 25: Commonwealth Day (Puerto Rico) 28: Independence Day (Peru)