By April 2008, whereupon he reached two years ' seniority, Harry was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

For his service, Prince Harry was decorated with the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan by his aunt, the Princess Royal, at the Combermere Barracks in May 2008.

In October 2008, it was announced that Prince Harry was to follow his brother, father, and uncle in learning to fly military helicopters.

On 16 April 2011, it was announced that Prince Harry had been promoted to the Army rank of captain after having held the rank of lieutenant since 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.

* 2008 – Margaret Truman, American writer, daughter of Harry S. Truman ( b. 1924 )

* 2008 – Harry Turtledove, The Gladiator and Jo Walton, Ha ' Penny

It was released on DVD for the first time on January 9, 2001, and included an audio commentary by Reiner, a 35-minute " Making Of " documentary featuring interviews with Reiner, Ephron, Crystal, and Ryan, seven deleted scenes, and a music video for " It Had To Be You " by Harry Connick, Jr. A Collector's Edition DVD was released on January 15, 2008, including a new audio commentary with Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal, eight deleted scenes, all new featurettes ( It All Started Like This, Stories Of Love, When Rob Met Billy, Billy On Harry, I Love New York, What Harry Meeting Sally Meant, So Can Men And Women Really Be Friends?

* February 17 – Margaret Truman, American novelist and only child of U. S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman ( d. 2008 )

It's Harry & Paul ) started in 2008.

Another episode, " The Mysterious Ticking Noise ", shows Snape, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore being killed by a pipe bomb placed by Voldemort inside a turducken ; the episode being the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for " Best Comedy " of the year 2007 at YouTube.

The last three British-resident veterans of World War I, Bill Stone, Henry Allingham, and Harry Patch, attended the 2008 ceremony but all died in 2009.

In the 2008 film In Bruges, the opening shots of Touch of Evil can be seen playing in the background during the scene when Harry ( Ralph Fiennes ) instructs Ken ( Brendan Gleeson ) to kill Ray ( Colin Farrell )— in a six minute continuous take.

Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE is a fictional character created by George MacDonald Fraser ( 1925 – 2008 ), but based on the character " Flashman " in Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1857 ), a semi-autobiographical work by Thomas Hughes ( 1822 – 1896 ).

* Harry Bath ( 1924 – 2008 ), Australian rugby league footballer

Adams was appointed caretaker manager of Portsmouth in October 2008, alongside Joe Jordan, following the departure of Harry Redknapp to Tottenham Hotspur.

* Harry Lewis ( 2008 )

He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War ( 1987 ), Wild Wild West ( 1999 ), The Road to El Dorado ( 2000 ), Conspiracy ( TV ) ( 2001 ), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ), Warm Springs ( TV ) ( 2005 ), Valkyrie ( 2008 ), Wallander ( TV series ) ( 2008 – present ), and My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) as Laurence Olivier ( Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor ); and directed such notable films as Dead Again ( 1991 ) ( also starring ), Swan Song ( 1992 ) ( Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film ), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ( 1994 ) ( also starring ), The Magic Flute ( 2006 ), Sleuth ( 2007 ), and the blockbuster superhero film Thor ( 2011 ).

Harry McKillop Elementary School opened its doors as the elementary school in fall 2008, housing pre-k to fourth grade.

A BBC radio adaptation, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, starring Harry Enfield, Peter Davison, John Fortune and Stephen Moore was broadcast on October 2008.

English translation by Harry Watson ( Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele ), 2008, ISBN 978-1-84511-720-7.

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On May 28, 2008, Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung made a landmark visit to Beijing., and met and shook hands with the Communist General Secretary Hu Jintao, at the Great Hall of the People.

* Wu Guanying – designer of the Official mascot of the 2008 Paralympics

* 2008 Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago – Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Alan Gilbert, conductors ; Silk Road Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma and Wu Man, soloists ; David Frost, Tom Lazarus, and Christopher Willis, engineers ( CSO Resound )

On 28 May 2008, Hu met with KMT chairman Wu Poh-hsiung, the first meeting between the heads of the CPC and the KMT as ruling parties.

Yan filmed a series in Taiwan alongside Wu Chun of Fahrenheit and Show Luo, called Hot Shot otherwise known as 篮球火 which was released in the Summer 2008.

Most recently, a PFLAG organization in People's Republic of China, PFLAG China was established in June 2008 by Wu Youjian in Guangzhou after accepting her son's homosexuality.

Wu Yi ( born November 1938 in Wuhan, Hubei, China ) was one of four Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, overseeing the country's economy until March 2008.

Vice Premier Wu announced at the end of 2007 that she would retire in March 2008.

At a meeting held with Chinese business leaders in early 2008 Wu revealed that her personal salary totaled RMB 120, 000, or 17, 582. 40 U. S. dollars per year, and told the business leaders that they should only " take money from the right places ".

Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero, ' Budu Sasuna Bebala Wu Asahaya Dharma Duthayano ', Divaina, 17 September 2008

* 2008 Wu Yin Huan Yue ( 五音环乐 ) with Indefinite ( 不一定 ) and Inequable ( 不一样 )

* Joseph Wu, 2007 – 2008

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Wu finished her ranking round with a total of 634 points.

In November 2008, Wu opened the Laogai Museum in Washington, D. C., calling it the first ever United States museum to directly address human rights in China.

On 29 September 2009, a KMB Wright-bodied B9TL ( fleet number AVBW29, reg number MJ6852 ) was written off after being burnt out near Wu Chung House in Queen's Road East, Wan Chai on 10 December 2008.

* Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 ( 2008 TV series ), Odysseus Wu Britannia

Wuhan University of Technology ranked 39th in Wu Shulian's university ranking in 2008, one of the most popular university ranking in china.

Designs for Black Hole Landscape, IUCAA, Pune, India, 2002 ; Portello Park, Milan 2002-7 ( Time Garden 2004-7 ); Two Cells – Inverness Maggie's Centre, 2003-5 ; Northumberlandia Landform, 2004 ; Cells of Life, Bonnington House 2005 – 2009 ; Crawick Landforms, 2006-; Memories of the Future, Altdobern, Landform and reclamation project, Germany ; Wu Chi, Black Hole Oval Terrace, Beijing Olympic Park, 2008 and Scotloch, The Fife Earth Project, Kelty, Scotland, 2003, 2010 +.

On 30 September 2008, China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd acquired a combined 53. 12 % stake in the Bank from the companies controlled by the Wu family.

The appointment was to prove highly disruptive and Wu Jingui was quickly brought back as the head coach after only a few months, but was sacked on September 9, 2008.

During her first term, in 2005 she was ranked third ( behind Condoleezza Rice and Wu Yi ), in 2008 she was number 17 and in 2009 at number 47.

In 2008, was included in a set of collectable stamps for the Olympic Wu Shu stamp album for the 2008 Olympics.