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Ongoing events

Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal
Al Jazeera bombing memo
Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak
Black sites scandal
Conservative leadership race (UK)
Fuel prices
Iran's nuclear program
Jilin chemical plant explosions
Kashmir earthquake
Malawi food crisis
Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal
New Delhi bombings investigation
Niger food crisis
North Indian cyclone season
Pacific typhoon season
Plame CIA leak investigation
Southern Hemisphere cyclone season
Stanley Tookie Williams clemency hearings

Upcoming events

Deaths in December

2: Van Tuong Nguyen

Upcoming elections

December 3: Taiwan, Mayor
December 4: Kazakhstan, General
December 4: Venezuela, Parliament
December 7: St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Parliament
December 11: Chile, Parliament and President
December 11: Transnistria, Parliament
December 15: Iraq Parliament
December 18: Bolivia, General
December 18: Tanzania, General
December 24: Pitcairn Islands, Council
December 27: Haiti, Pres. and Legisl.

Recent election results

October 31: Zanzibar President and Parliament
November 6: Azerbaijan, Parliamentary
November 8: Liberian Presidential run-off
November 8: Northern Mariana Islands
November 13: Burkina Faso, Presidential
November 17: Sri Lankan Presidential
November 17: Falkland Islands, Legislative
November 21: Kenya, Constitutional Referendum
November 23: Jersey, States
November 27: Armenia, Referendum
November 27: Honduras, General
November 27: D.R. Congo, Referendum
November 27: Gabon, President

Ongoing armed conflicts

Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
Second Chechen War
Second Congo War
Conflict in Iraq
Darfur conflict in Sudan
Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
Conflict in northern Uganda
South Thailand insurgency

Upcoming holidays
and observances

December

5: Father's Day (Thailand)
5: International Volunteer Day
5: St. Nicholas' Eve (Netherlands, Belgium)
6: Constitution Day (Spain)
6: Independence Day (Finland)
10: Constitution Day (Thailand)
10: Human Rights Day
10: National Day (Cuba)
11: National Day (Burkina Faso)
12: National Day (Kenya)
16: National Day (Bahrain)
16: National Day (Kazakhstan)
17: National Day (Bhutan)
18: National Day (Niger)
24: Christmas Eve (Christianity)
25: Christmas Day (Christianity)
25: Hanukkah (Judaism) (begins at sunset)
26: Boxing Day/St. Stephen's Day
(Commonwealth, Europe)
26: Independence Day (Slovenia)
26: Kwanzaa
26: Proclamation Day (South Australia)
30: Rizal Day (Philippines)
31: New Year's Eve (Gregorian calendar)

January

1: New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)

Ongoing trials

Australia: Bradley John Murdoch
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
Chile: Alberto Fujimori
Indonesia: Bali Nine
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein and others
Netherlands: ICTY
Slobodan Milošević, among others
Russia: Nur-Pashi Kulayev
UK: O'Connor - Keogh official secrets trial
U.S.: Zacarias Moussaoui
U.S.: Brian Nichols
U.S.: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

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2004: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2003: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2002: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2001: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2000: January February March April May June July August September October November December


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