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: Urban population: 30 % of total population ( 2008 )

According to RFE / RL, comparable sums are believed to be transferred through non-bank systems, implying that cash remittances make up approximately 30 percent of Armenia's GDP in the first half of 2008.

The Falcons would go on to lose in the wild-card round of the 2008 NFL playoffs to the eventual NFC champion Arizona Cardinals, 30 – 24.

In 2008, Foundation director Inder Singh announced that deals to reduce the price of anti-malaria drugs by 30 % in developing nations.

Major Dutch-language daily newspapers in 2008 are Het Laatste Nieuws ( De Persgroep ) ( 30. 96 %), Het Nieuwsblad ( Corelio ) ( 27. 04 %), Gazet van Antwerpen ( Concentra ) ( 11. 27 %), Het Belang van Limburg ( Concentra ) ( 10. 71 %), De Standaard ( Corelio ) ( 9. 95 %), De Morgen ( De Persgroep ) ( 5. 99 %) and De Tijd ( Mediafin ) ( 4. 08 %).

In 2008, there were 30, 400 main telephone lines in use, making Burundi 178th in the world in terms of countries with the most main telephone lines in use.

from 30 July to 2 November 2008, featuring original artwork from all eight decades of both ' The Beano ' and ' The Dandy ', including work by Dudley D. Watkins, David Law, Leo Baxendale and Ken Reid as well as David Sutherland and many contemporary artists.

On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.

Ellas Otha Bates ( December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008 ), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter ( usually as Ellas McDaniel ), and rock and roll pioneer.

Annual celebrations also take place in Hong Kong, entitled Canada D ' eh and held on June 30 at Lan Kwai Fong, where an estimated attendance of 12, 000 was reported in 2008 ; in Afghanistan, where members of the Canadian Forces mark the holiday at their base ; and in Mexico, at the American Legion in Chapala, and the Canadian Club in Ajijic.

She left the production on December 30, 2007, and later returned from August 26, 2008 until the production closed on January 11, 2009.

In South Australia, on 30 July 2008 the government introduced legislation to scrap parts of its double jeopardy law.

Flooding on April 30, 2008.

Many other director's cut music videos contain sexual content that can't be shown on TV thus creating alternative scenes, such as 30 Seconds to Mars's Hurricane, and in some cases, alternative videos, such as in the case of Spears ' 2008 video for Womanizer.

On 12 December 2008 president Correa announced that Ecuador would not pay $ 30. 6m in interest to lenders of a $ 510m loan, claiming that they were monsters.

The past five years have seen rapid growth in the contribution of Asian nations to the global fluid and powdered milk manufacturing industry, which in 2008 accounted for more than 30 % of production, while China alone accounts for more than 10 % of both production and consumption in the global fruit and vegetable processing and preserving industry.

Metropolitan France 30 %, Singapore 14 %, United States 10 %, China 7 %, New Zealand 6 %, Australia 3 % ( 2008 )

On 5 May 2009, President Moussa Dadis Camara, who seized power in a bloodless coup which followed the 22 December 2008 death of President Lansana Conté, announced the recall of 30 of Guinea's ambassadors to other countries.

While George Mason University is young compared to established research universities in Virginia, it has grown rapidly, reaching an enrollment of 30, 714 students in 2008.

As of 2008, there are between 28, 000 and 30, 000 distinct incunable editions known to be extant, while the number of surviving copies in Germany alone is estimated at around 125, 000.

July 30, 2008.

The museum consequently returned in 2009 five Egyptian fragments of frescoes ( 30 cm x 15 cm each ) whose existence of the tomb of origin had only been brought to the authorities attention in 2008, eight to five years after their good-faith acquisition by the museum from two private collections and after the necessary respect of the procedure of déclassement from French public collections before the Commission scientifique nationale des collections des musées de France.

On 30 August 2008, Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi signed a historic cooperation treaty in Benghazi.

On September 30, 2008 the spacecraft altered its orbit to gain better sensitivity for its infrared mapping of Martian minerals.

The songs " Girl U Want " and " Through Being Cool " were released as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band on August 19, 2008.

Noted Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene penned a 2008 book, When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams, detailing his occasional appearances with Jan & Dean's touring band throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

On 13 February 2008, the band announced from their website that it would perform at the World Stage of the Rock in Rio — Madrid festival, being held in Arganda del Rey, Madrid with others artists who have ( then ) yet to be announced .< ref >

Her final appearance aired Monday, May 5, 2008 (" Rock and a Hard Place ").

In 2008, Kid Rock recorded " Warrior " for a National Guard advertising campaign.

Kid Rock performed on VH1 Storytellers on November 27, 2008, giving an insight to how he wrote some of his hit songs.

On May 22 Kid Rock's June 8, 2008 concert at Germany's Rock AM Festival was aired on every MTV affiliate around the world on their debut show " World Stage ".

At the 2008 Download Festival Kid Rock was meant to appear between Seether and Disturbed on the Main Stage but pulled out at the last minute.

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

* 2008: Rock n Roll Revival Tour: European Tour

* 2008: Rock n Rebels Tour ( with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Backdoor Slam )

** 2008, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist ( Nominated )

** 2008 Worlds Best Pop / Rock Artist ( Winner )

iTunes picked " Saints of Los Angeles " in their " Best of 2008 " in the Rock category as the number one song ; the song was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the " Best Hard Rock Performance " category.

In October 2008, " Lump " was released on the video game Rock Band 2.

McDaniels was also featured in the 2008 video game, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, making appearances in the songs " Walk this Way " and " King of Rock ".

Simmons joined Kid Rock's 2008 Rock N Roll Revival Tour, performing " It's Like That ", " It's Tricky ", " You Be Illin '", " Run's House ", " Here We Go ", " King of Rock " and " Walk This Way " with Kid Rock.

Rock Bridge is a perennial powerhouse in both boys and girls tennis, having won the Girls State Title in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2011 as well as the Boys State Title in 2008.

The first single on the album, " Believe ", topped Billboard's Top 10 Modern Rock Tracks on September 5, 2008.

On June 23, 2008, ZZ Top celebrated the release of their first live concert DVD entitled Live from Texas with the world premiere, a special appearance, and charity auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in Houston.

* Rock Rivals ( 2008 ) is a British television show about two judges on a televised singing contest whose marriage is falling apart.

On March 10, 2008, Hanks was on hand at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to induct sixties band The Dave Clark Five.