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Ongoing conflicts
	War in Afghanistan; Balochistan conflict; Casamance Conflict; Chadian Civil War (2005–2010); Second Chechen War; Colombian Civil War; War in Darfur; Fatah–Hamas conflict; Iran-PJAK conflict; Iraq War; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Kayin State Conflict; Kivu conflict; Insurgency in the Maghreb; Mexican Drug War; Ethnic conflict in Nagaland; Naxalite-Maoist insurgency; Conflict in the Niger Delta; Insurgency in Ogaden; War in North-West Pakistan; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; The Secret War; Somali Civil War; Sri Lankan Civil War; War on Terrorism; South Thailand insurgency; Second Tuareg Rebellion; Turkey-PKK conflict; Second Ugandan Civil War; edit this archived sidebar

Recent deaths
	December[edit] 29: Freddie Hubbard; 27: Robert Graham; 27: Jaafar of Malaysia; 26: Justin Eilers; 26: Gösta Krantz; 25: Eartha Kitt; 24: Samuel P. Huntington; 24: Harold Pinter; 22: Lansana Conté; 21: Dale Wasserman; 20: Olga Lepeshinskaya; 20: Adrian Mitchell; 20: Robert Mulligan; 19: James Bevel; 19: Bernard Crick; 19: Dock Ellis; 18: Majel Barrett; 18: Jack Douglas; 18: W. Mark Felt; 18: Robert Jonquet; 18: Conor Cruise O'Brien; 18: Paul Weyrich; 17: Sammy Baugh; 16: Sam Bottoms; 15: Leon Febres Cordero; 15: Davey Graham; 13: Horst Tappert; 13: Kathy Staff; 12: Avery Cardinal Dulles; 12: Van Johnson; 11: Ron Carey; 11: Bettie Page; 10: Didith Reyes; 8: Oliver Postgate; 7: Marky Cielo; 6: Sunny von Bülow; 5: Patriarch Alexy II of Russia; 4: Forrest J Ackerman; 2: Odetta; 2: Carlos Abascal; 2: Edward Samuel Rogers; 2: Frank Crean; edit this archived sidebar

Ongoing events
	Automotive industry crisis; Canadian political crisis; Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence; Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence; Gaza Strip airstrikes; Global financial crisis; Greek riots; Guinean coup d'état; Icelandic financial crisis; Nord-Kivu campaign; Presidential transition of Barack Obama; Piracy in Somalia; Russian financial crisis; Slovakian transition to the Euro; Treaty of Lisbon ratification; World food price crisis; Zimbabwean cholera outbreak; edit this archived sidebar

Elections
7: Ghana, President (1st Round) and Parliament 10: Switzerland, Federal Council 14: Turkmenistan, Parliament (1st Round) 28: Ghana, President (2nd Round) 28: Turkmenistan, Parliament (2nd Round) 29: Bangladesh, General January[edit] 18: El Salvador, Parliament 25: Bolivia, Constitutional referendum edit this archived sidebar

Trials
Upcoming[edit] Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Rod Blagojevich U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing[edit] Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China (Taiwan): Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector edit this archived sidebar

Upcoming holidays and observances
8: Immaculate Conception 8: Eid al-Adha 21: Hanukkah begins at sundown 21: December Solstice, also known as Yule 25: Christmas in Western Christianity 25 - January 6: Twelve Days of Christmas (Christianity) 26 - January 1: Kwanzaa (African Americans) 31: New Year's Eve 31: Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan) 31: Restoration of the Republic (Geneva) 31 - January 1: Hogmanay (Scotland) January[edit] 1: New Year's Day edit this archived sidebar

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