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 ).

* 2008 – 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activities.

* 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 )

By the end of 2008, the country had a fleet of over 24, 000 locomotives, the most lines in the world, the fastest express train in service, and longest high speed track in the world .. UK, Denmark, and other countries in northern Europe that surround the Baltic Sea and North Sea, continue to develop their rapid expansion of off-shore wind farms.

The detention centre was closed by Australia in February 2008, causing Nauru to express concern regarding the future of its economy.

In 2008, the Utah Transit Authority ( UTA ) began service on an express bus route (# 806 ) into Eagle Mountain.

Up until the winter 2008 timetable, the morning southbound The Master Cutler express from Leeds to London St Pancras was an exception although this now also calls.

Critics from organized labor have argued since the late 1970s < ref name =" Machinist_1977 ">< nowiki > http :// www. library. gsu. edu / dlib / iam / getBrandedPDF. asp? issue_id = 1883 </ nowiki > " Examining the opposition's tangled web — the who's who in the right wing " The Machinist, published by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO / CLC, October 1977 ; accessed February 4, 2008 </ ref > that while the National Right to Work Committee purports to engage in grass-roots lobbying on behalf of the " little guy ", the National Right to Work Committee was formed by a group of southern businessmen with the express purpose of fighting unions, and that they " added a few workers for the purpose of public relations ".< ref name =" UAW_FAQ ">< nowiki > http :// www. uawlocal3520. org / right % 20to % 20workfliner. pdf </ nowiki > " Questions and Answers about the National Right to Work Committee and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation ," United Auto Workers, Accessed February 3, 2008 .</ ref >

In December 2008, the service was extended to Guksu Station, and an express train service was launched, operating twice a day during morning commuting hours.

In 2008, the Turnpike Enterprise began a $ 49 million project to reconstruct the Lake Jesup toll plaza, allowing for the inclusion of SunPass / E-PASS express lanes.

In December 2008 Arriva Trains Wales began operation of a daily express service between Holyhead and Cardiff utilising the company's stored Mark 2 rolling stock.

As of October 2008, WestCAT provides a network of local and express bus routes throughout western Contra Costa County.

Lenihan personally rang Cathal Goan, the Director-General of RTÉ, on 18 September 2008 ( the date of the show ) to express his outrage at the sudden increase in potentially disastrous speculation following the show.

In 2008, Paulini visited the Sydney Children's Hospital to perform in the Starlight express room.

Express service to Manhattan at the conclusion of New York Mets weeknight games was first introduced in July 2007, followed by express service to Manhattan at the end of all Mets weeknight and weekend games in April 2008.

2008 < http :// www. freemuse. org / sw4643. asp >.</ ref > Thus, Negu Gorriak not only use their music to express ideas and opinions, they are also educating the youth about the reality of the Basque Country situation and the restrictive polices of the new government.

President Bush called Chinese President Hu Jintao March 26, 2008 to express his concern about China's crackdown on protesters in Tibet since March 10, 2008.

The original Clondalkin station was demolished in 2008 to facilitate a four line track, allowing express trains to pass through without affecting local services on the Kildare line.

Some of the fleet were entirely rebuilt in 1997 and painted in red-blue livery for use on 7-173 express routes, but from 2008 onwards, some of them were repainted in the standard blue livery.

Soon after National was elected in 2008, Collins refused to express confidence in Corrections ' chief executive, Barry Mathews.

In 2008, Saadiq formed a new label called Velma Records, a place where he promises " people can express themselves like I did with The Way I See It ... where they can dream something up and just go with it ".

The Fastrack express bus system connects the Kent Thameside area, and was completed by early 2008.

While the Panorama Super train is used extensively for the railroad's limited express service, the older and more energy-consuming Panorama Car train has already been retired, the last run was on 27 December 2008.

In the 2008 Metrolinx report entitled " The Big Move ", the agency identified an express all-day service between Hamilton and Oshawa ( via Toronto Union ) as one of its top 15 priorities.

4 August 1949 saw 60009 applied with the standard British Railways express passenger blue livery ( as 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is wearing currently in 2008 ).