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Ongoing events
Economic Worldwide recession Financial crisis Global Iceland Ireland (banking / financial) Russia Automotive industry crisis Political/military Malagasy political crisis Enlargement of NATO Piracy in Somalia Treaty of Lisbon ratification North Korean satellite launch Humanitarian Zimbabwean cholera outbreak World food price crisis

Recent deaths
March 31: Raúl Alfonsín 31: Jarl Alfredius 30: Andrea Mead Lawrence 30: Sulim Yamadayev 29: Earl Paulk 29: Andy Hallett 29: Maurice Jarre 29: Lou Saban 28: Janet Jagan 27: Arnold Meri 27: Penor Rinpoche 25: John Hope Franklin 25: Dan Seals 25: Giovanni Parisi 25: Yukio Endo 24: George Kell 22: Jade Goody 20: Mel Brown 20: Abdellatif Filali

Ongoing conflicts

Worldwide War on Terrorism Africa / Middle East Casamance Conflict Fourth Chadian Civil War War in Darfur Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Kivu conflict Maghreb Insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Insurgency in Ogaden Somali Civil War Second Tuareg Rebellion Second Ugandan Civil War Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Internal conflict in Burma Second Chechen War Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Laotian Secret War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Insurgency in the Philippines South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict The Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War

Elections

Recent March 21: Slovakia, President (first round) 22: Macedonia, President (first round) 22: Comoros, constitutional referendum 29: Montenegro, Parliament 29: Mayotte, status referendum April 4: Slovakia, President (second round) Current 5: Macedonia, President (second round) 5: Moldova, Parliament Upcoming April 9: Indonesia, Parliament 9: Algeria, President 16: India, Parliament (first round) 19: Haiti, Senate 19: Ecuador, President and Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, Parliament 22: South Africa, National Assembly

Trials

Upcoming Canada: Larry O'Brien Netherlands: ICTY Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan United States: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá United States: Viktor Bout United States: Noshir Gowadia United States: William J. Jefferson United States: James Charles Kopp United States: Bernard Madoff United States: Ehren Watada United States: Sheila Dixon United States: Joseph Bruno  Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC) Netherlands: Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) New Zealand: David Bain (retrial) Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Sweden: The Pirate Bay Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six United States: Phil Spector

Holidays  and observances

Ongoing February 25 - April 11: Lent (Western Christianity) March 2 – April 18: Great Lent (Eastern Christianity) April 3 - April 5: Cold Food Festival (China, Korea, Vietnam) Current 5: Palm Sunday (Western Christianity) 5: Education and Sharing Day/11 Nissan (United States/Chabad) 5: Arbor Day (South Korea) Upcoming April 6: Holy Monday (Western Christianity) 6: Founding of the Church (LDS) 6: Day of Mourning (Burundi) 6: Day of Self-determination (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) 6 (observed): Day of Valor (Philippines) 6: Tartan Day (Scottish Americans, Scottish Canadians) 6: Chakri Day (Thailand) 6: Giỗ tổ Hùng Vương (Vietnam) 7: World Health Day 7: Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism) 7: Holy Tuesday (Western Christianity) 7: Women's Day (Mozambique) 7: Genocide Commemoration Day (Rwanda) 7: Abeid Karume Day (Tanzania) 8: Fast of the Firstborn, Birkat Hachama (Judaism) 8: Holy Wednesday (Western Christianity) 8: International Day of the Roma (Roma) 8: Buddha's Birthday (Japan) 8: Sultan's Anniversary (Johor) 8 - 16: Passover (Judaism)