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* 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
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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 ).
* 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )
* 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1921 )
* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )
2008 and South
* 2008 – Georgia launches a large-scale military offensive against South Ossetia, in an attempt to reclaim the territory from Russia, starting the 2008 South Ossetia war.
2008 has brought announcements of new or additional sales to Singapore, Finland, Morocco and South Korea ; in December 2010 the Swiss government requested 150 AIM-120C-7 missiles.
Despite a hotly contested South Carolina primary, none of the candidates appeared on the platform of BJU's Founders ' Memorial Amphitorium during the 2008 election cycle.
In South Australia and Western Australia the two parties compete separately, while in the Northern Territory and Queensland the two parties have merged, forming the Country Liberal Party, in 1978, and the Liberal National Party, in 2008, respectively.
After finishing the 2006 and 2007 seasons with records of 8 – 8 and 7 – 9, respectively, the Panthers rebounded in the 2008 season, finishing the season with a 12 – 4 record, claiming the NFC South title and a first round bye in the playoffs.
Georgia left the CIS in August 2008 after a clash with Russia over South Ossetia.
In South Australia, on 30 July 2008 the government introduced legislation to scrap parts of its double jeopardy law.
* 1968 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress and model ( d. 2008 )
* 1976 – Ashley Callie, South African actress ( d. 2008 )
Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).
Six episodes from series one were a core text in the Year 12 English Advanced syllabus for the Higher School Certificate in New South Wales ( 2000 – 2008 ) for Module C: Representation and Text: Elective 1: Telling the Truth.
" In 2008, he repeated in a speech that " despite all the negatives facing South Africa, he is very positive about the country ".
Without Abkhazia and South Osetia, the population in the regions controlled by the central government of Georgia was 4, 321, 500 in 2005 and 4, 382, 100 in 2008 ( compare the 2008 figure with the CIA estimate of 4, 630, 841 for all of Georgia, including Abkhazia and South Osetia ).
Georgia relationships with Russia are at it lowest point in modern history due to Georgian-Russian espionage controversy and due to the 2008 South Ossetia war, Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Russia and has left the Commonwealth of Independent States.
2008 and Ossetian
* Ossetian Dance, Rustavi Dance Company, 2008, YouTube: ( 6 min 19 sec ).
* Ossetian Dance, 2008, YouTube: ( 6 min 50 sec ).
In recent history, the Ossetians participated in Ossetian-Ingush conflict ( 1991 – 1992 ) and Georgian – Ossetian conflicts ( 1918 – 1920, early 1990s ) and in the 2008 South Ossetia war between Georgia and Russia.
The last conflict led to the 2008 South Ossetia war, during which Ossetian and Russian forces gained full, de facto control of the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast.
South Ossetian, Georgian and Russian forces clashed over a four day period around the South Ossetian " capital " city of Tskhinvali in August 2008.
The city was occupied by Russian troops during the 2008 South Ossetian War.
In the 2008 South Ossetian War, town came under aerial attack by the Russian Air Force from the outset of the conflict, Military targets and residential districts of Gori were hit by the airstrikes, resulting in civilian injuries and deaths.
The Russian and South Ossetian forces withdrew from the city on August 22, 2008.
The town played a major role in the 2008 South Ossetia war, with most of the South Ossetian military forces being located there at the time of the Georgian offensive.
On August 21, 2008 a world-known Russian conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre, of Ossetian origin, Valery Gergiev conducted a concert near the ruined building of South Ossetian parliament in memory of the victims of the war in South Ossetia.
* Vyacheslav Borisov ( b. 1955 ), Russian General who commanded troops in the 2008 South Ossetian War.
* In August 2008, the South Ossetian separatist OMON took part in the fighting with the Georgian national forces during the 2008 South Ossetia war and were accused of " special cruelty " in the ethnic Georgian villages.
In 2008, Heffer condemned Ossetian conductor Valery Gergiev as a " fool " for playing a benefit concert for those made homeless in the South Ossetian War, calling this a " monstrous act ".
In 2008 the Air Force lost between 4 and 7 aircraft to Georgian anti-aircraft fire during the 2008 South Ossetian War.
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