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 )

The following twelve members have been promoted to the status of " Legend " since 1996: Ian Stewart ( 1997 ), Gordon Coventry ( 1998 ), Peter Hudson ( 1999 ), Kevin Bartlett ( 2000 ), Barrie Robran ( 2001 ), Bill Hutchison ( 2003 ), Jock McHale ( 2005 ), Darrel Baldock ( 2006 ), Norm Smith ( 2007 ), Alex Jesaulenko ( 2008 ), Kevin Murray ( 2010 ) and Barry Cable ( 2012 ).

( New York: Peter Lang, 2008 )

Peter J. Vaghi ( 2008 )

* The meaning of the butterfly: Why pop culture loves the ' butterfly effect ,' and gets it totally wrong, Peter Dizikes, Boston Globe, June 8, 2008

* On 24 January 2008, Peter Hain resigned his two cabinet posts ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales ) after the Electoral Commission referred donations to his Deputy Leadership campaign to the police.

* Peter Brass, Advanced Data Structures, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

In September 2008, EastEnders began a grooming and paedophilia storyline involving characters Tony King ( Chris Coghill ), Whitney Dean ( Shona McGarty ), Bianca Jackson ( Patsy Palmer ), Lauren Branning ( Madeline Duggan ) and Peter Beale ( Thomas Law ).

* Sabor, Peter & Paul Yachnin ( 2008 ).

* Lemche, Neils Peter, " The Old Testament between theology and history: a critical survey " ( Westminster John Knox Press, 2008 )

Chelsy also accompanied Harry to the wedding of Harry's cousin, Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly in May 2008, where she was introduced to the Queen for the first time.

Peter Schweizer points out several examples of insider trading by members of Congress, including action taken by Spencer Bachus following a private, behind-the-doors meeting on the evening of September 18, 2008 when Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke informed members of Congress about the imminent financial crisis, Bachus then shorted stocks the next morning and cashed in his profits within a week.

* 2007 – 2008: Rock n Roll Revival Tour ( with Reverend Run, Dicky Betts, Duane Betts, Peter Wolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, in a revue style )

In 2008, Peter Suber and Stevan Harnad, members of the open access community, proposed the use of the terms ' gratis open access ' and ' libre open access ' to resolve confusion within the open access community between resources that were open because they were free of price restrictions and those that were open because they were free of price and some permission restrictions.

A Friedman Prize was given to the late British economist Peter Bauer during 2002, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto during 2004, Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister during 2006 and a young Venezuelan student Yon Goicoechea during 2008.

In 2008, Guillermo del Toro was selected as the director, with Peter Jackson as the executive producer.

Peter created four more large scale stroboscopic zoetropes from 2004 to 2011: " Deeper " ( 2004 ), " Homouroboros " ( 2007 ), " Tantalus " ( 2008 ), and " Charon " ( 2011 ).

In a remake of The Dam Busters by Peter Jackson announced in 2008, Stephen Fry, the writer of the screenplay, said there was " no question in America that you could ever have a dog called the N-word ".

The festival has a broad main stream focus with pop related music as well as traditional acoustic guitar music and alternative music with international guests like Caetano Veloso ( 2007 ), Rumberos Catalans, Pedro Soler, Bernardo Sandoval, Peter Finger, Aaron and Bryce Dessner ( 2008 ).

In early 2008, Tork added " advice columnist " to his extensive resume by authoring an online advice and info column called " Ask Peter Tork " at the webzine The Daily Panic.

* Peter Tork interview from The Zone Magazine February 2008

* Rex, Peter, King & Saint: The Life of Edward the Confessor, The History Press, Stroud, 2008

In 2008, Australian historian Peter Forrest claimed that the widespread belief that Paterson had penned the ballad as a socialist anthem, inspired by the Great Shearers ' Strike, was false and a " misappropriation " by political groups.

In 2008, a collection of articles from Nature was edited by John S. Partington under the title H. G. Wells in Nature, 1893 – 1946: A Reception Reader and published by Peter Lang.

Peter Gabriel has said in an interview for the 2008 box-set release of The Lamb that he was not happy about the choice of model as he had vividly imagined Rael as being Puerto Rican.