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Ongoing events

Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
Tsunami relief
Cedar Revolution in Lebanon
Kyrgyz revolution in Kyrgyzstan
German Visa Affair 2005
Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Fuel prices
Anti-Japanese textbook protests in China
Pope Benedict XVI.
Election of OAS Secretary General

Upcoming events

April 24: 50th Bandung Conference

Deaths in April

19: Ruth Hussey
16: Marla Ruzicka
9: Andrea Dworkin
7: Jose Melis
6: Prince Rainier III
5: Dale Messick
5: Saul Bellow
2: Pope John Paul II
1: Harald Juhnke

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 21: Mawlid (Sunni Islam)
April 21: Ridvan
April 22: Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism)
April 22: Earth Day (United States)
April 23: St George's Day
April 23: Passover begins at sunset
April 24: Hanuman Jayanti (Hinduism)
April 25: ANZAC Day
April 25: Liberazione (Italy)
April 25: Freedom Day (Portugal)
April 26: Mawlid (Shi'a Islam)
April 27: Freedom Day (South Africa)
April 27: Administrative Professionals' Day
April 29: Greenery Day (Japan)
April 29: Orthodox Good Friday
April 30: Orthodox Holy Saturday
April 30: Queen's Day (The Netherlands)
April 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam)
May 1: May Day
May 1: Orthodox Easter
May 2: Orthodox Easter Monday
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 3: Constitution Day (Poland)
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Day of Prayer
May 5: Ascension Day
May 8: Mother's Day (U.S., elsewhere)
May 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe)
May 9: Victory Day (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
May 10: Mother's Day (Latin America, Asia)
May 15: Pentecost
May 21: Armed Forces Day (United States)
May 23: Buddha Purnima (Buddhism)
May 24: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 27: Lag Ba'omer
May 30: Memorial Day (United States)

Upcoming elections

May 5: UK general
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

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
Indonesia: Schapelle Corby
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Michael Jackson
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Brian Nichols
United States: Dennis Rader

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