PORTAL:CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 2010

Ongoing conflicts
	Global War on terror Terrorist incidents; Operation Active Endeavour; Operation Enduring Freedom; ; War on drugs; Africa OEF - Trans Sahara; Chadian Civil War; Darfur conflict; Maghreb insurgency; Somali Civil War Somali Civil War (2009–present); ; Piracy in Somalia; Sudanese nomadic conflicts; OEF - Horn of Africa; LRA insurgency; Europe Basque conflict; Insurgency in the North Caucasus; Civil war in Ingushetia; Middle East Iraq War Iraqi insurgency; ; Baluchi insurgency; Palestinian political violence Rocket attacks; ; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; Fatah–Hamas conflict; Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict; ; Conflicts in Yemen War Terrorism; South Yemen insurgency; Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown; Shia insurgency in Yemen; ; Conflicts in Kurdistan Turkey–PKK conflict; Iran–PJAK conflict; ; Asia Afghan War Military operations; Taliban insurgency; ; Conflicts in Pakistan War on Terror; North-West Pakistan war; Balochistan conflict; Drone attacks; Sectarian violence; ; Conflicts in India Terrorism in India; Jammu and Kashmir insurgency; Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; Insurgency in Northeast India; Nagaland ethnic conflict; ; Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict; ; Korean maritime border incidents; Burma border clashes; South Thailand insurgency; Cambodian–Thai border stand-off; Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines; ; Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia; FARC; ; Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative; ; Peru internal conflict; edit this archived sidebar

Recent deaths
	December 30: Bobby Farrell; 29: Vladan Batić; 29: Jimmy Coffey; 29: Avi Cohen; 29: John Doyle; 28: Ali-Reza Asgari; 26: Salvador Jorge Blanco; 26: Teena Marie; 25: Carlos Andrés Pérez; 24: Elisabeth Beresford; 24: Roy Neuberger; 21: Enzo Bearzot; 20: Brian Hanrahan; 20: Steve Landesberg; 19: Anthony Howard; 18: Tasso Kavadia; 18: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa; 17: María Jesús San Segundo; 17: Captain Beefheart; 16: Ruth Park; 15: Blake Edwards; 15: Bob Feller; 14: Dale Roberts; 13: Richard Holbrooke; 13: James Dibble; 13: Enrique Morente; 12: Tom Walkinshaw; 10: John Bennett Fenn; 10: J. Michael Hagopian; 10: MacKenzie Miller; 9: James Moody; 9: Boris Tishchenko; 9: Nazario Moreno González; 7: Elizabeth Edwards; 7: Gus Mercurio; 6: Hugues Cuénod; edit this archived sidebar

Ongoing events
	Economic 2010 Tunisian protests; Automotive industry crisis; Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis; Greek economic crisis; ; Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa; Haiti cholera outbreak; Political 2007–2010 Belgian political crisis; 2010 Côte d'Ivoire crisis; Scientific Expedition 26;

December 2010 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Friday after 31 days.

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Elections
Recent: December 2010 5: Egypt, Parliament (2^nd Round) 12: Kosovo, Parliament 12: Slovenia, Public broadcaster law referendum 12: Transnistria, Parliament 13: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, General 19: Belarus, President 26: Comoros, President (2^nd Round) Upcoming: January 2011 16: Haiti, President (2^nd Round) 23: Central African Republic, General 23: Portugal, President 31: Niger, President (1^st Round) and Parliament edit this archived sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Nadja Benaissa India: Ajmal Kasab Iran: Hossein Derakhshan Portugal: Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga ( ICC), Radovan Karadžić ( ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. 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: Buju Banton, David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan edit this archived sidebar

Holidays and observances
16: Independence Day (Kazakhstan); National Day (Bahrain) 21: Winter solstice 24: Christmas Eve 25: Christmas Day 26: St Stephen's Day (Europe), Boxing Day ( Commonwealth countries) 26– 1 January: Kwanzaa (United States) 31: New Year's Eve edit this archived sidebar

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