Ongoing events
• Iraqi legislative election
• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
• Tsunami relief
• Cedar Revolution in Lebanon
• Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan
• German Visa Affair 2005
• Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
• Terri Schiavo controversy
• Papal election, 2005
Upcoming events
• April 8: Funeral of Pope John Paul II
• 9 April: Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
• May 8: 60th Anniversary of V-E day
Deaths in April
• 2 – Pope John Paul II
Ongoing armed conflicts
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
• Conflict in Chechnya
• Second Congo War
• Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq)
• Darfur conflict in Sudan
• Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
Upcoming holidays
April 5: Qing Ming Jie
April 21: Ridvan
April 22: Earth Day in the United States
April 23: Passover
April 25: ANZAC Day in Australia, New Zealand
April 29: Orthodox Good Friday
April 30: Orthodox Holy Saturday
May 1: May Day
May 1: Orthodox Easter
May 2: Orthodox Easter Monday
May 3: Constitution Day in Poland
May 5: Cinco de Mayo in Mexico
May 5: Ascension Day
May 8: Mother's Day in the United States
May 15: Pentecost
Upcoming elections
April: Papal election
May 17: British Columbia general
June 17: Iran presidential
June 19: Guinea-Bissau presidential
September 12: Norwegian parliamentary
2005: New Zealand general
2005: Polish parliamentary & presidential
2005/2006: UK general
Recent election results
February 27: Kyrgyz parliamentary
March 6: Moldovan parliamentary
March 12: Maltese Local Council Elections
March 13: Central African Rep. federal
March 13: Liechtenstein parliamentary
March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary
Ongoing trials
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
— Saddam Hussein, among others
India: Best Bakery case
India: Jayendra Saraswathi
Netherlands: Volkert van der Graaf
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Michael Jackson
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Brian Nichols
United States: Dennis Rader
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