* In January 2008, a two-month-old baby in Medan, Indonesia named Afiah Syafina was diagnosed with a tumor in her abdomen.

In February 2008, Jetstar Asia announced that it would begin flights to Medan later in the year.

* RI Club Fire Figure Released From Prison USA Today, March 19, 2008

American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2008. xii + 187 pp. ISBN 978-0-8218-4402-1, ISBN 0-8218-4402-4

She was a featured performer at the 2008 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI.

" O ' Sullivan Meets O ' Farrel: Volume II " was recorded in February 2008 in Newport, RI with baroque cellist Audrey Sabattier-Cienniwa and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa playing basso continuo.

Those signs were all replaced in 2008 and the new signs show only RI 37, all reference to RI 51 on I-295 has been removed.

On January 1, 2008 Recovery International Merged with The Abraham Low Institute and provisionally renamed the new organization Recovery International / The Abraham Low Institute ( RI / TALI ).

In 2008 he moved to Newport, RI and started teaching at the Naval War College.

A man is thrown into the air by a crowd during Merdeka Day celebrations in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur, 2008

* 1962 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist ( d. 2008 )

* 1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia ( d. 2008 )

* July 5 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist ( d. 2008 )

On June 27, 2008, Indonesian Sulaiman Damanik, 26, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court for sale of his kidney to CK Tang's executive chair, Mr. Tang Wee Sung, 55, for 150 million rupiah ( US $ 17, 000 ).

Citibank was in violation of a US regulation, the Fair Debt Collecting Practised Act, as well as the Indonesian 2008 Banking Law, which both bans the use of violence in debt collection practices.

In 2008 Malaysian music industry demanded the restriction of Indonesian songs on Malaysian radio broadcasts.

Ali Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim ( 5 July 1962 – 9 November 2008 ), also known as Amrozi, was an Indonesian executed for his part in the 2002 Bali bombings.

In 2008, Copeland was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a percussion piece involving primarily Indonesian instruments.

According to the latest survey of Globe Asia ( 2008 ), UI ranked first among the top universities in Indonesia This report has been supported by a leading Indonesian magazine Tempo, which carried out a survey and analysis to rank universities and education in Indonesia.

# Universitas Indonesia is the best ( Indonesian ) university according to Globe Asia Magazine 2008.

However, Abdillah and his vice mayor were caught by Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission in 2008.

Jayapura is the home of the Persipura, a professional football club that has produced many famous Indonesian footballers and have won the Indonesia Super League once in the 2008 – 09 season.

Into 2008, a Wake Up Woolworths campaign, largely funded by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, was pushing Woolworths to sever its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper over claims of deforestation of Indonesian rainforests.

In October 2008, Bashir announced he intends to start a new Islamic group in Indonesia, JAT or " Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid " (" partisans of the oneness of God "), at the time the Indonesian government was preparing to execute the three Bali bombers.

* Denny Indrayana ( 2008 ) Indonesian Constitutional Reform 1999-2002: An Evaluation of Constitution-Making in Transition, Kompas Book Publishing, Jakarta ISBN 978-979-709-394-5

* Abdul Aziz, or Imam Samudra ( 1970 – 2008 ), Indonesian executed for terrorist offences

Internationally, second place finishes in the 2006 Asian Games, the 2007 Japan Open, and the 2008 Korea Open have been their best results, though they did win the Indonesian ( closed ) national title in 2007.

She was a partner with Greysia Polii on the Indonesian Uber Cup ( women's international ) team which finished second to China in the 2008 series.

In September of 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rizal won mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto / Lilyana Natsir 14 – 21, 21 – 15, 21 – 19 in the all Indonesian final.

In July 2009, Lyle got into a very public row with Colin Montgomerie where he unfavourably compared Montgomerie's actions at the Indonesian Open four years previously with his own actions in not completing a round at the 2008 Open Championship.

In July 2008, Ameri traveled to Indonesia to meet with educators, cultural experts, and alumni from U. S .- Indonesian exchange programs.

In 2008, the Indonesian government threatened to terminate the contract of P. T.

For the Indonesian A1 Grand Prix in November 2008, the government had developed Lippo Karawaci circuit.

They have entered two plays into the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D. C .. Their 2007 show, For Boston, won " Best Comedy ", and their second show, The Sticking Place, won " Best Overall " in 2008.

* Day of the Capital, established in 2008.

Interior hall of Beijing Capital International Airport before the 2008 Summer Olympics

In 2008, Perpignan became Capital of Catalan Culture.

According to the Lena Komileva writing for The Financial Times, Capital Markets overtook bank lending as the leading source of long term finance in 2009-this reflects the additional risk aversion and regulation of banks following the 2008 financial crisis.

** Beijing Subway Capital Airport Track ( opened 2008 )

* F. Boldizzoni, Means and Ends: The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500-1970, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, chapters 7-8

Graz was sole Cultural Capital of Europe for 2003 and got the title of a City of Culinary Delights in 2008.

** Sekirei: ( 2008 ) A Japanese Manga and Anime series takes place in Tokyo of the " New Eastern Imperial Capital ".

This was an overture to Liverpool's being the European Capital of Culture 2008.

According to the National Venture Capital Association, in all of 2008 there have been just six companies that have gone public.

-3rd place in preference of recruiters, " Capital " magazine, 2008.

On July 6, 2008, NBC Universal, Bain Capital and Blackstone Group agreed to purchase the Weather Channel from Landmark.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

It was formed on October 1, 2008 by the merger of Glowing Embers Girl Scout Council, Girl Scouts of The Huron Valley Council, Girl Scouts-Irish Hills Council, and Girl Scouts of Michigan Capital Council.

The community is bisected by the Capital Beltway ( I-95 / 495 ) and is near the interstate Woodrow Wilson Bridge, whose gridlocked traffic ( 300, 000 vehicles daily ) backs-up daily into Oxon Hill until the wider replacement bridge is fully completed in 2008, bringing relief.

In 2008, the governor of Minnesota declared Lanesboro the Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota.

Wind Capital in 2008 built the bigger 50. 4MW Cow Branch Wind Farm between Rock Port and Tarkio.

The Capital District Regional Planning Commission indicates it to be 9, 336 as of September 2008.

In March 2008, Carlyle Capital Corporation, established in August 2006 for the purpose of making investments in U. S. mortgage-backed securities, defaulted on about US $ 16. 6 billion of debt as the global credit crunch brought about by the subprime mortgage crisis worsened for leveraged investors.

On March 12, 2008, BBC News Online reported that " instead of underpinning the mortgage-backed securities market, it seems to have had the opposite effect, giving lenders an opportunity to dump the risky asset " and that Carlyle Capital Corp. " will collapse if, as expected, its lenders seize its remaining assets.

" On March 16, 2008, Carlyle Capital announced that its Class A Shareholders had voted unanimously in favor of the Corporation filing a petition under Part XVI, Sec.

Netham Lock and the weir form part of Bristol's flood defence mechanisms and it was announced in December 2008 that they would be upgraded as part of the £ 11 million City Docks Capital Project.

The Terminal opened its doors on 14 October 2008, overtaking Beijing Capital International Airport's Terminal 3 as the largest terminal in the world

The society and its members have been successful in winning a number of honours and awards and played an important role when Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture in 2008.