The debate continues unabated – e. g. S. Georg 2004, A. Vovin 2005, S. Georg 2005 ( anti-Altaic ); S. Starostin 2005, V. Blažek 2006, M. Robbeets 2007, A. Dybo and G. Starostin 2008 ( pro-Altaic ).

* 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director ( d. 2008 )

* 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer ( d. 2008 )

* 1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.

* 1914 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter ( d. 2008 )

* 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver ( d. 2008 )

* 1932 – Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager ( d. 2008 )

* 1970 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d ' état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

* 2008 – Competition in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China proceeded with the women's association football tournament.

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor ( d. 2008 )

* 2005 – Caylee Anthony, American murder victim ( d. 2008 )

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

* 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.

* 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1921 )

* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )

In 2007, relations between the two have thawed in the fields of diplomacy and economic trade, only to collapse during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict when the Iranian and Egyptian politicians exchanged blames over inaction towards the escalation.

In 2008, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif urged the two countries to focus on two specific projects: the Aljazera project which aims to cultivate some two million acres ( 8, 000 km² ) of land in Sudan, and a joint project to improve food security in agricultural and meat production.

In 2008, The Egyptian Lover continues to tour the world and is making a brand new album for 2008.

2008 The Egyptian Lover records with Who Cares on the song " They Killed the Radio "

In 2008 Egyptian Lover works with Jamie Jones making the song " Galactic Space Bar "

2008 Egyptian Lover and M. I. A.

As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities ; Near Eastern Antiquities ; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities ; Islamic Art ; Sculpture ; Decorative Arts ; Paintings ; Prints and Drawings.

The museum consequently returned in 2009 five Egyptian fragments of frescoes ( 30 cm x 15 cm each ) whose existence of the tomb of origin had only been brought to the authorities attention in 2008, eight to five years after their good-faith acquisition by the museum from two private collections and after the necessary respect of the procedure of déclassement from French public collections before the Commission scientifique nationale des collections des musées de France.

Ahmed Maged of Daily News Egypt wrote in April 2008 that Bassam el Shammaa was appealing to Egyptian authorities to rebuild the Pharos.

As an Egyptian with links to Scotland, Al-Fayed was intrigued enough to fund a 2008 reprint of the 15th century chronicle Scotichronicon by Walter Bower.

In December 2008, a mobile phone service was launched in Pyongyang, operated by Egyptian company Orascom, with current plans to expand coverage to all parts of the country.

It has helped to sponsor popular traveling exhibits, such as an early 2010s " King Tut " exhibit featuring magnificent artifacts from the tomb of the young Egyptian Pharaoh ; " The Cultural Treasures of Afghanistan " which opened in May 2008 and traveled to other cities for 18 months ; and an exhibition of China's Terracotta Warriors in its Washington headquarters in 2009 – 10.

In 2008, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif urged the two countries to focus on two specific projects: the Gezira Scheme which aims to cultivate some two million acres ( 8, 000 km² ) of land in Sudan, and a joint project to improve food security in agricultural and meat production.

On 17 March 2008, all four Rutles reunited for the first time at a 30th anniversary screening of All You Need Is Cash at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

In May 2008, both Shueisha and Studio APPP halted manga / OVA shipments of JoJo after a complaint had been launched against them from Egyptian Islamic fundamentalists, after noticing a scene in the OVAs that has the villain, Dio Brando, reading a book depicting pages from the Qur ' an.

On 5 December 2008, Blanchett was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in front of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre.

* Faulks, Philippa and Cooper, Robert L. D., The Masonic Magician ; The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and his Egyptian Rite, London, Watkins, 2008.

For example, within a normal citizen of Xanth's lifetime, an American Mundane from 2008 could walk across the isthmus as well as an Egyptian Mundane from 3, 000 B. C.

After the victory of the PdL in the 2008 general election, AN was merged into the PdL in early 2009.

In the 2008 general election the party got 90 deputies and 48 senators elected.

At the 9 August 2008 Legislative Assembly general election it gained a significant swing, gaining 11 out of the 25 seats.

As far as general elections, he only dipped below 55. 0 % once ( 2008 ).

The New Ferry Building, built in the Art Deco style to replace an earlier one, was renovated in 2008, but remains only partially accessible to the general public.

In Canada, La Niña will in general cause a cooler, snowier winter, such as the near-record-breaking amounts of snow recorded in the La Niña winter of 2007 / 2008 in Eastern Canada.

The constitution of the state of Arkansas was amended in the general election of 2008 to, among other things, repeal a provision ( Article 3, Section 5 ) which had until its repeal prohibited " idiots or insane persons " from voting.

Grammer endorsed Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 presidential primary and later campaigned for John McCain in the general election.

Dimmendaal ( 2008 ) summarized the general view with, " it has to be concluded that Greenberg ’ s intuitions on the genetic unity of Khoisan could not be confirmed by subsequent research.

* Jimmy Bonthrone, footballer and manager: born Kinglassie, Fife 16 June 1929 ; played for East Fife 1947-58, Dundee 1958-60 ; manager, East Fife 1963-69, Aberdeen 1971-75 ; general manager, East Fife 1980-94 ; married ( two sons ); died Kirkcaldy, Fife 7 June 2008.

In the 2008 general election, Lazio gave 44. 2 % of its vote to the centre-right coalition, while the centre-left block took 41. 4 % of vote.

Malaysia's government has intensified efforts on March 6, 2008 to portray opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim as a political turncoat, days ahead of Malaysian general election, 2008 on March 8, 2008 that will determine whether he poses a legitimate threat to the ruling coalition.

Campaigning wrapped up March 7, 2008 for general elections that could see gains for Malaysia's opposition amid anger over race and religion among minority Chinese and Indians.

Parliamentary elections are held at least once every five years, with the last general election being in March 2008.

Since independence, general elections have been held in 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003 and 2008.

The election was won by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who was ousted by a military coup in 2008 and replaced by general Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

* 2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.

Defying political pundits, who had predicted it to be trounced in the April 2008 elections, the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ) became the largest party amidst a general atmosphere of fear and intimidation from all sides.

The capital was almost out of fuel and transport of supplies caused by a crippling general strike in southern Nepal on February 17, 2008.

Gillick retired as general manager after the 2008 season and was succeeded by one of his assistants, Ruben Amaro, Jr. After adding outfielder Raúl Ibañez to replace the departed Pat Burrell, the Phillies retained the majority of their core players for the 2009 season.

Pervez Musharraf (; born: 11 August 1943 ), is a retired four-star general and a politician who served as the tenth President of Pakistan from 2001 until 2008.