Portal:Current events/May 2008/Sidebar

• Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence
• Economic crisis in U.S. and Europe
• Olympic torch relay
• Subprime mortgage crisis
• U.S. Democratic presidential primaries
• U.S. Republican presidential primaries
• World food price crisis

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• 30: Lorenzo Odone
• 29: Harvey Korman
• 28: Luc Bourdon
• 28: Beryl Cook
• 26: Sydney Pollack
• 26: Earle Hagen
• 25: J.R. Simplot
• 24: Dick Martin
• 23: Cornell Capa
• 22: Robert Asprin
• 20: Hamilton Jordan
• 19: Huntington Hartford
• 18: Joseph Pevney
• 17: Wilfrid Mellers
• 16: William Blease
• 16: Robert Mondavi
• 15: Tommy Burns
• 15: Alexander Courage
• 13: Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
• 12: Robert Rauschenberg
• 12: Irena Sendler

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• Acholiland insurgency
• Arab-Israeli conflict
• Colombian armed conflict
• Iraq War
• Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
• Fatah-Hamas conflict
• War in Somalia
• Turkey-PKK conflict
• Second Chechen War
• Ogaden conflict
• South Thailand insurgency
• Sri Lankan Civil War
• War in Afghanistan
• War in Darfur

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• 4: Equatorial Guinea, Parliament
• 10: Burma, constitutional referendum
• 11: Serbia, Parliament
• 16: Dominican Republic, President
• 17: Kuwait, Parliament
• 21: Georgia, Legislative
• 25: Lebanon, President

• 1: Switzerland, Referendum
• 1: Macedonia, Assembly
• 7: Niue, Parliament
• 12: Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum
• 27: Zimbabwe, President (2nd round)
• 29: Mongolia, Legislative

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• Canada: Larry O'Brien
• US: James Charles Kopp
• US: Ehren Watada
• US: Tom DeLay
• US: William J. Jefferson
• US: Kwame Kilpatrick
• US: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá

• Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
• Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
• Netherlands: ICC
  • Thomas Lubanga
• Netherlands: ICTY
• Peru: Alberto Fujimori
• Sierra Leone: SCfSL
  • Charles Taylor
• US: Jena Six
• US: Brian Nichols
• US: José Padilla
• US: Phil Spector

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• 1: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Israel)
• 1: May Day (Europe)
• 1: Ascension Day (Norway)
• 1: Labour Day in the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Guyana, India, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore
• 2: Dos de Mayo (Spain)
• 3: Constitution Day (Poland
• 5: Liberation Day (Ethiopia, Netherlands, Denmark)
• 5: Children's Day (Japan, South Korea)
• 5: Coronation Day (Thailand)
• 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
• 5: Indian Arrival Day Guyana
• 6: St George's Day (Bulgaria)
• 7: Memorial Day (Israel)
• 8: Israel Independence Day (Israel)
• 8: Victory in Europe Day
• 8: Parents' Day - South Korea
• 8: Parent's Day – South Korea and Albania
• 9: Europe Day (European Union)
• 10: Mother's Day – Mexico
• 10: Mother's Day – South America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Oman, and Pakistan
• 11: Mother's Day (2nd Sunday) – Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
• 12: Whit Monday (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway)
• 16: Jerusalem Day (Israel)
• 17: Constitution Day (Norway)
• 18: Flag Day (Haiti)
• 19: Victoria Day (Canada)
• 22: Corpus Christi
• 23: Lag Ba'omer (Judaism)
• 24: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia)
• 24: Bermuda Day (Bermuda)
• 25: African Liberation Day
• 25: Independence Day (Jordan)
• 25: Mother's Day(last Sunday) – France (switches to first Sunday of June if coincides with Pentecost), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sweden, and Morocco
• 26: Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)
• 26: Memorial Day (United States)
• 26: National Sorry Day (Australia)
• 26: Independence Day (Guyana)
• 26: Mother's Day Poland
• 27: Mother's Day Bolivia
• 27: Children's Day (Nigeria)
• 28: Republic Day (Armenia, Azerbaijan)
• 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji)
• 29: Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Baháʼí Faith)
• 29: Democracy Day (Nigeria)
• 30: Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
• 31: World No Tobacco Day

• 1: Madaraka Day (Kenya)
• 2: Jerusalem Day (Israel)
• 2: Public Holiday (Ireland)
• 4: Independence Day (Tonga)
• 6: Independence Day (Sweden)
• 6: Anniversary of D-Day
• 7: Independence Day (Norway)
• 8: Father's Day (Belgium)
• 11: Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)
• 12: Independence Day (Philippines)
• 13: Feast of St. Anthony of Padua
• 14: Flag Day (United States)
• 15: Flag Day (Denmark)
• 15: Father's Day (various countries)
• 16: Bloomsday (Ireland)
• 16: Youth Day) (South Africa)
• 17: Independence Day (Iceland)
• 19: Juneteenth (Texas)
• 20: Flag Day (Argentina)
• 20: Solstice
• 20: Midsummer (Sweden)
• 24: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
• 25: Independence Day (Mozambique)
• 25: Independence Day (Slovenia)
• 26: Flag Day (Romania)
• 26: Independence Day (Madagascar)
• 29: Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul
• 30: Independence Day (Congo)

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