Current events of April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01) (Tuesday) |
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- Arts and culture
- American internet cartoon series Homestar Runner makes its first update to its webpage after three years on hiatus. (Time)
- Disasters and accidents
- Health
- 2014 Guinea Ebola outbreak:
- International relations
- 2014 Crimean crisis:
- NATO suspends "all practical civilian and military cooperation" with Russia as a result of the annexation of Crimea, and no sign that Russian troops have withdrawn from the Ukrainian border. (CNN)
- Law and crime
- 2014 Garda phone recordings controversy:
- Taoiseach Enda Kenny tells the Dáil the Prison Service recorded conversations between inmates and their solicitors. (RTÉ News)
- Mr Justice Nial Fennelly will be appointed to chair the Commission of Investigation into the Garda controversy. (RTÉ News)
- The Irish Government will establish a Cabinet committee to examine proposals for an independent police authority and other justice reforms, which will be chaired by the Taoiseach. (RTÉ News)
- The Department of Justice releases a letter sent on 10 March from then Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan in which he warns them of the recording of phone calls at Garda stations. (RTÉ News)
- Science and technology
- RIKEN concludes that research suggesting stem cells could be produced through STAP techniques was falsified. (The Japan Times)
- Sports
- In golf, Tiger Woods announces that he underwent back surgery for a pinched nerve, and will miss the Masters for the first time in his professional career. (ESPN)
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Current events of April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Chrysler recalls nearly 870,000 SUVs from its Jeep and Dodge brands, citing brake issues. (KNTV)
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Garda phone tapping scandal:
- Sports
- USA vs Mexico soccer match results in a 2-2 tie game
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Current events of April 3, 2014 (2014-04-03) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- 2014 Garda phone recordings controversy:
- Recordings of 133 conversations between gardaĂ, witnesses and journalists relating to the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier emerge. (RTÉ News)
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
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Current events of April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- The two largest cement manufacturers in the world, Lafarge and Holcim, announce plans for a merger. (Reuters)
- Mazda announces the recall of 42,000 units of its Mazda6 model built from 2010 to 2012, citing fuel tank issues. The recall specifically refers to those with 2.5 liter engines. (KRON)
- 2014 Crimean Crisis:
- Disasters and accidents
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
- A meningitis outbreak has been reported in the greater Los Angeles area, with incidents related to sexual intercourse. (MSN)
- Law and crime
- A Manhattan court stenographer is discovered to have written nonsense instead of actual court transcripts, potentially jeopardizing thirty court cases. (KNTV)
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Current events of April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Tyson Foods recalls 75,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets due to complaints that pieces of plastic were found in its products. (KTVU) (USDA)
- Disasters and accidents
- At least 3 are killed and 7 injured when a passenger train derails in the Tasikmalaya District, in Indonesia's West Java Island after hitting mounds of mud following a downpour of rain. (MSN)
- Politics and elections
- Religion
- Sports
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Current events of April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian protests in Ukraine:
- Business and economy
- International relations
- Politics and elections
- Lawyer Cù Huy Hà Vũ, one of Vietnam’s most famous dissidents, is released early from prison. Afterwards, he travels to the United States. (VOA)
- Science and technology
- A critical vulnerability referred to as the Heartbleed bug is discovered in certain versions of the popular OpenSSL software which allows attackers to steal information from internet servers which would otherwise be protected. (BBC)
- Sports
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Current events of April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Sports
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Current events of April 9, 2014 (2014-04-09) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed attacks and conflicts
- 2014 pro-Russian protests in Ukraine:
- Over 50 people leave a Ukrainian security service building in Luhansk that is currently occupied by pro-Russian separatists. (Reuters)
- Acting Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov states that the unrest will be resolved by force or talks in 48 hours.(CNN)
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
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Current events of April 10, 2014 (2014-04-10) (Thursday) |
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- Accidents and disasters
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 11, 2014 (2014-04-11) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
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Current events of April 12, 2014 (2014-04-12) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Health and environment
- Researchers announce a new drug, ABT-450, with a 90-95% success rate at treating Hepatitis C. (BBC)
- Arts and culture
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Current events of April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Natural disasters
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- At least 48 people die and 15 are severely injured after a bus crashes into a truck 150 kilometres north of Lomé, capital of the West African nation of Togo. (CNN)
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak
- Law and crime
- Science
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Current events of April 16, 2014 (2014-04-16) (Wednesday) |
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- Attacks and conflicts
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing:
- Yonhap news agency reports that the Republic of Korea Coast Guard has been dispatched to rescue a ferry with 476 passengers sinking off the southeastern coast of South Korea with claims that at least four passengers have died and scores are injured. Approximately 280 people remain unaccounted for. (AP), (AFP via Nine MSN), (BBC)
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
- Sports
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Current events of April 17, 2014 (2014-04-17) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing:
- Republic of Korea Coast Guard and Navy divers resume the search for 290 missing people from yesterday's ferry capsizing off the coast of the island of Jindo. (Reuters via Yahoo)
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Two former Anglo Irish Bank chiefs, Pat Whelan and William McAteer, are found guilty of making loans designed to illegally prop up the bank's share price. (BBC)
- Bankruptcy judge Steven W. Rhodes says that the court may maintain supervision over the finances of the city of Detroit, Michigan, even after the city emerges from bankruptcy protection. (Reuters)
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
- Scientists announce creation of cloned human stem cells derived from adult cells. (TIME)
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Current events of April 18, 2014 (2014-04-18) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- The death toll of children in the entire conflict reaches nearly 15,000. (Turkish Press)
- Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan town of Bor are killed in an attack by armed men. (BBC)
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk say they will not leave the government buildings, defying the Kiev authorities and threatening a new international deal on Ukraine. (BBC)
- Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present):
- Business and economy
- Arts and crafts retailer Michaels announces that 3 million customers were affected by the 8-month long security breach that resulted in the theft of their customers' personal information. (CNN)
- Disasters and accidents
- Health and environment
- Law and crime
- Sino-Vietnamese border incidents:
- Sports
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Current events of April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) (Saturday) |
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- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing:
- The death toll of the accident rises to 32 as two bodies are found in the sea and three in a cabin of the ferry, which became fully submerged yesterday. (Yonhap)
- The South Korean government considers declaring a special disaster zone in Ansan. (Yonhap)
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Science and technology
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing:
- The death toll rises to 58 as Navy and Coast Guard divers comb the ferry to retrieve victims from the Sewol. Five routes into the ferry have been established, and operations are expected to pick up pace. (Yonhap)
- Politics and elections
- Sports
- Lewis Hamilton takes a dominant victory in Chinese Grand Prix to win three consecutive races for the first time in his career in Formula 1. His Mercedes-Benz team mate Nico Rosberg finished second and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso grabbed third place. (BBC)
- In game two of a Stanley Cup Playoff series, the San Jose Sharks defeat the Los Angeles Kings 7-2. During the game the Sharks scored a franchise record seven consecutive goals in a playoff game, also breaking the franchise record for most goals in a playoff game. The team also tied the franchise record for most goals in a period, with three, and the largest margin of victory (five goals). (Toronto Sun)
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Current events of April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- South Sudan conflict
- The UN condemns the "Targeted Killings" and wounding of hundreds of civilians based on their ethnic origins in the town of Bentiu after South Sudanese rebels seized the oil hub last week. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian Civil War:
- Syrian Air Force air strikes in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens of people; 14 others are killed by barrel bombing in the neighborhood of Baeedeen. (Reuters)
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- According to pro-Russian militants, the bodies of two pro-Russian militants are pulled from the Seversky Donets River in Sloviansk, Ukraine, with both having multiple stab wounds. The claim could not be independently verified. (Sun News)
- 30 suspected al-Qaeda militants and 6 civilians are killed in a drone strike by the United States in Yemen. (CNN)
- A car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, detonates, killing a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and injuring another. (BBC)
- Business and economics
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing:
- South Korean President Park Geun-hye condemns the action of crew members as tantamount to murder. 87 people are known to have died and 238 are missing and presumed dead in the sinking of Sewol ferry on 16 April. (Reuters)
- Four more crew members from the ferry are arrested for deserting the vessel as it was sinking. (KDVR)
- A Boeing 737 operated by Malaysian Airlines carrying 166 people makes an emergency landing after a tire on the main landing gear blew out. (ABC News)
- A sixteen-year-old teenager stows away in the landing-gear compartment of a flight from San Jose International Airport to Kahului Airport, surviving a severe lack of oxygen and -80°F temperatures during a 5+ hour flight. (Los Angeles Times)
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- A Tropical Cyclone hampers the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board. A U.S. Navy submarine Bluefin-21 is on mission to find the wreckage. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economics
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing
- A total of 113 people are known to have died, with 190 more passengers missing and presumed trapped inside the vessel. Seven crew members are detained for their failure to evacuate Sewol ferry. The reason for sinking is not yet clear. (BBC)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- Politics and elections
- Palestinian rival factions Fatah and Hamas have announced reconciliation to form a unity government. They split up violently in 2007. (BBC)
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Current events of April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- Elections and politics
- Health and environment
- International relations
- North Korea announces that it has detained a 24-year-old US tourist, Miller Matthew Todd, for "rash behavior" during the immigration process. (BBC)
- Law and crime
- Science and technology
- Business
- Some customers executed the SAP CIF and faced issues months later
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Current events of April 26, 2014 (2014-04-26) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Five British ISAF personnel are killed in a military helicopter crash in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. (BBC)
- Disasters and accidents
- Politics and elections
- Arts and culture
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Current events of April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- Eight people are killed by a fire in a medical facility in Russia's eastern Altai region.(BBC)
- April 2014 tornado outbreak:
- Health
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economics
- Microsoft announces a major vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6 to 11 that could enable hackers to gain access and user rights to its customers' computers. (BBC)
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- International relations
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
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Current events of April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- A gas explosion in a prison in the US town of Pensacola, Florida reportedly kills at least two people, injures 100 and forces an evacuation. (BBC)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Ongoing events |
Disasters
Economic
Environmental
Health
- 2014 Guinea ebola outbreak
Political
- More details on ongoing conflicts below
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Ongoing conflicts |
- Libya
- Post-civil war interfactional fighting
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Elections |
Recent: April
- 1: Malta, President (indirect)
- 5: Afghanistan, President (1st round)
- 6: Costa Rica, President (2nd round)
- 6: Hungary, Parliament
- 7: India, Parliament (1st phase)
- 9: India, Parliament (2nd phase)
- 9: Indonesia, Legislative
- 10: India, Parliament (3rd phase)
- 12: India, Parliament (4th phase)
- 13: Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) and parliament
- 13: Macedonia, President (1st round)
- 17: Algeria, President
- 17: India, Parliament (5th phase)
- 23: Lebanon, President (indirect)
- 24: India, Parliament (6th phase)
- 27: Macedonia, President (2nd round) and parliament
Upcoming: May
- 4: Panama, General
- 7: India, Parliament (8th phase)
- 7: South Africa, General
- 11: Lithuania, President (1st round)
- 12: India, Parliament (9th phase)
- 18: Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round)
- 20: Malawi, General
- 22–25: European Union, Parliament
- 25: Belgium, Federal
- 25: Colombia, President
- 25: Denmark, Unified Patent Court referendum
- 25: Lithuania, President (2nd round)
- 25: Ukraine, President (1st round)
- 26–27: Egypt, President
- 28: Afghanistan, President (2nd round)
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Trials |
Recently concluded
- Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC)
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum
Ongoing
- Brazil: MensalĂŁo scandal
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology
- Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone
- Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
- Iran: Babak Zanjani
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan
- Russia: Platon Lebedev
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Max Clifford
- United States: Jodi Arias
Upcoming
- France: Éric Raoult
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Rolf Harris, Dave Lee Travis, Stuart Hall
- United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell
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