* 2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final ( planned ) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

* 2008 – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.

In 2008, the U. S. Supreme Court overturned a Washington, D. C. law that required handguns to be locked or otherwise kept inoperative within the home, saying that this " makes it impossible for citizens to use them for the core lawful purpose of self-defense.

* 2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.

The IMF forecast a growth of 7 % for Lebanon's real GDP in 2010 and 2011 following 9 % growth in 2009 and 8. 5 % in 2008 it has 54th richest GDP per capita in the world it is forecasted that Lebanon per capita will be 19, 100 by 2015 which makes it one of the strongest in the region.

* 2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138, 000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

Phayer's Pius XII, The Holocaust, and the Cold War ( 2008 ) makes use of many documents that have recently come to light due to Bill Clinton's 1997 executive order declassifying wartime and postwar documents, many of which are currently at the US National Archives and Holocaust Memorial Museum.

In 2008, each Swiss citizen ran on average 2, 422 km by rail, which makes them the highest rail users.

* 2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.

Some changes included increasing the minimum ski length and also the sidecut which makes the ski turn less tightly. In 2008 ski lengths were increased as it was found by physiotherapists that the shorter skis combined with the constant knee jerking movements were considered unnecessarily harmful to racers knees due to the turning radius of the skis ( especially the slalom skis ) therefore the F. I. S made the minimum ski length for women in slalom 155 cm and men 165 cm.

Given that Toutatis makes many close approaches the Earth, such as in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012, it is listed as a potentially hazardous object.

* Suckers: How alternative medicine makes fools of us all, a 2008 book about alternative medicine written by Rose Shapiro

* 2008: A September 2008 report revealed that Benton County, of which Corvallis makes up the majority of the population, is ranked 5th for longest life expectancy at birth of all counties in the United States, at 80. 93 years.

The 2008 revision of the IEEE 754 standard ( IEEE 754-2008 ) makes formal recommendations for the encoding of the signaled / quiet bit.

Profits in 2008 were £ 14. 4m but had reduced by 97 % to £ 500, 000 in 2009. often talk about how they believe the AGA actually makes their homes more energy efficient, as the AGA does a number of jobs and is not simply a cooker, and replaces several radiators.

In addition, the Oriental Rotary Club sponsors an annual catch-and-release tarpon fishing tournament the last weekend in July ( 2008 was the 16th year ) and, on New Year's Eve, the Oriental dragon makes a run through town twice ( at 8 p. m. for the young ' uns, and at midnight for the adults ).

During the 2008 – 2009 " Dark Reign " storyline, Uncle Ben makes an appearance in the Underworld when Hercules attends the trial of Zeus, directing Amadeus Cho as he attempted to find his parents in the afterlife.

Scott Dixon makes his pole-winning qualification run for the 2008 Indianapolis 500

In the 2008 film adaptation, the car makes an appearance but is not named.

The Mammoth Car makes a small cameo in the 2008 film in the scene where Cruncher Block interrogates Taejo Togokhan ( a character created just for the movie ) after he resists Royalton Industries in the race fixing business.

In the 2008 film adaptation, the name makes an appearance as a car developed by Royalton Industries and driven by Jack " Cannonball " Taylor.

* TED Prize Wish: Dave Eggers makes his TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School at TED in 2008

In November 2008, during an appearance on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, Eavis stated that the Festival could never lose its licence due to the contribution it makes to the local economy.

Such rates cannot be sustained, but despite reaching 26. 4 % in 2005 ( second highest GDP growth in the world in 2005 only to Equatorial Guinea ), and 2006 over 34. 6 % ( world highest ), in 2008 dropped to 10. 8 %, and dropped further to 9. 3 % in 2009.

: 3 % ( 2008 est.

Imports: $ 3. 546 billion f. o. b. ( 2008 )

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

On November 9, 2008, a radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, starring Robert Lonsdale as Paul Bäumer and Shannon Graney as Katczinsky.

Today the harmonized ISO / IEC 80000-13: 2008 – Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology standard cancels and replaces subclauses 3. 8 and 3. 9 of IEC 60027-2: 2005, namely those related to Information theory and Prefixes for binary multiples.

In Flanders, VRT channels Een, Ketnet / Canvas ) had a combined market share of 40. 0 % in 2008, VMMa channels ( VTM, 2BE and JIM ) 27. 27 %, SBS Belgium channels ( VT4 and Vijf TV ) 10. 91 % and Media ad Infinitum ( Vitaya and Vitaliteit ) 3, 64 %.

Major French-language daily newspapers in 2008 are La Dernière Heure ( IPM ) ( 16. 1 %), Le Soir ( Groupe Rossel ) ( 16. 0 %), Vers l ' Avenir ( Corelio ) ( 15. 8 %), La Libre Belgique ( IPM ) ( 8. 3 %), L ' Echo ( Mediafin ) ( 3. 7 %) and La Meuse ( newspaper ) ( Groupe Rossel ), La Capitale ( Groupe Rossel ), La Nouvelle Gazette ( Groupe Rossel ), La Province ( Groupe Rossel ) and Nord Eclair ( Groupe Rossel ) ( 22. 0 %).

After the second terminal of International Airport Sofia was built the total number of passengers rose and reached 3 230 696 in 2008, and in April 2011 Airport Sofia serviced 282 694 passengers, 13 % more than the same period of 2009, when the record was 250 000 passengers.

* over 3, 047 m: 1 ( 2008 )

** under 914 m: 3 ( 2008 )

The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of € 15, 000, the largest of her fines to date.

The Life of Benjamin Franklin the most detailed scholarly biography, with very little interpretation ; 3 volumes appeared before the author's death in 2008

** Volume 3: Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748 – 1757 ( 2008 ), 768pp excerpt and text search

The new highspeed ICE railway line from Karlsruhe to Basel was completed in 2008 while phase I of the TGV Rhin-Rhône line, opened in December 2011, has reduced travel time from Basel to Paris to about 3 hours.

63. 3 % ( 2008 ) Hotels, restaurants, tourist services, banks, and insurance.

Heliports: 3 ( 2008 )

24. 3 % of GDP ( 2008 est.

3, # 11 ( Oct. 2008 ).

According to Nielsen ( 2008 ) a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characterised by three significant features: ( 1 ) it has been prepared for one or more functions ; ( 2 ) it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling those functions ; and ( 3 ) its lexicographic structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfill the functions of the dictionary.

Dungeons & Dragons version 3. 5 was released in June 2003, with a 4th edition in June 2008.

In the tumultuous 2008 season, the Cowboys started off strong, going 3 – 0 for the second straight year, en route to a 4 – 1 start.

* 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16 – 3.