Portal:Current events/November 2006/Sidebar

Events

Anti-government protests in Hungary Attempted coup in Madagascar Australian teenage DVD controversy Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak Black sites scandal Cole Inquiry East Timor military and political crisis G20 summit Georgia-Russia spying dispute Haze in Southeast Asia Hungarian anti-government protests Immigration law debates in the US Inquiry into death of Alexander Litvinenko Iran's nuclear program Mark Foley scandal NSA warrantless surveillance controversy 2006 North Korean nuclear test Operación Puerto doping case Possible NK six-party talks Riots in Tonga Taiwan political crisis Unrest in Oaxaca Natural disasters Atlantic hurricane season North Indian cyclone season Pacific hurricane season Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Cimaron (Paeng) Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

Deaths

1: Bettye Ackerman 1: William Styron 2: Wally Foreman 3: Marie Rudisill 3: Alberto Spencer 5: Bülent Ecevit 9: Ed Bradley 9: Markus Wolf 10: Gerald Levert 10: Jack Palance 10: Nadarajah Raviraj 11: Belinda Emmett 16: Milton Friedman 17: Ruth Brown 17: Ferenc Puskás 17: Bo Schembechler 20: Robert Altman 21: Pierre Amine Gemayel 23: Gerald M. Boyd 23: Philippe Noiret 23: Betty Comden 23: Anita O'Day 23: Alexander Litvinenko 26: Isaac Gálvez 27: Alan Freeman 29: Allen Carr

Armed conflicts

Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada) 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Colombian armed conflict Darfur conflict in Sudan Sri Lankan Civil War Iraq War Ituri conflict in the DR Congo Ivorian Civil War Kurdish conflict in Turkey Nepal Civil War Second Chechen War Somali Civil War South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan civil war Taliban insurgency

Elections

1: Catalonia, Parliament 5: Nicaragua, General Election 6: Tajikistan, President 7: United States, House of Representatives, Senate (one third: "Class I" Senators), and many Governors 19: Mauritania, Parliament 22: Netherlands, House of Representatives 23: Isle of Man, House of Keys 25: Australia, Victorian State Election 25: Bahrain, Council of Representatives of Bahrain (1st round) 25: Alberta Progr. Cons. leadership (1st round) 26: Ecuador, President (2nd round) 26: Poland, local elections (2nd round) 30: Gibraltar, constitutional referendum

Trials

Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Chile: Augusto Pinochet Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, on charges related to the 2005 elections. Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Saddam Hussein & military chiefs of staff Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles G. Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Tom DeLay

Holidays and observances

1: World Vegan Day 1: All Saints' Day (Catholicism) 1 and 2: Day of the Dead (Mexico) 2: All Souls' Day (Catholicism) 3: Culture Day (Japan) 4: Flag Day (Panama) 4: Unity Day (Russia) 5: Loy Krathong (Thailand) 5: Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom and various Commonwealth countries) 6: Gustavus Adolphus Day (Sweden) 8: St. Demetrius' Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 9: Anniversary of Muhammad Iqbal's birth (Pakistan) 9: Inventors' Day (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) 11: Armistice Day 11: Remembrance Day (Commonwealth of Nations) 11: Veterans Day (United States) 12: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh (Baháʼí Faith, begins at sunset on the 11th) 14: Children's Day (India) 15: Shichi-Go-San (Japan) 15: Republic Day (Brazil) 16: International Day for Tolerance 17: International Students' Day 23: Thanksgiving (United States) 30: Andrés Bonifacio Day (Philippines) 30: Cities for Life Day