According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

Later in the 2008 primaries, there was some infighting between Bill and Hillary's staffs, especially in Pennsylvania.

Beginning in 2008 there was a mass exodus of captives for better staffed jurisdictions like Anguilla.

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.

In 2008, there were 480, 600 cellular phones in use, making Burundi 156th in the world in terms of countries with the most cell phones in use.

As of 2008, there were 65, 000 internet users, making Burund 167th in the world in terms of countries with the most internet users.

As of 2008 there are more than 60 in use across the world.

At the start of 2008, there were 59 building societies in the UK, with total assets exceeding £ 360 billion.

In total, there were 34 airports in 2008, only 10 of which had paved runways.

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

In the wake of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, there have been calls to rebuild the army horse inventory for disaster relief in difficult terrain.

In Tasmania, on 19 August 2008, amendments were introduced in to allow retrial in serious cases, if there is " fresh and compelling " evidence.

In 2008 there were 679, 563 members in 3, 714 congregations in North America.

However, in a radio interview on April 17, 2008, Jerry stated that Mark had " killed the project " and that there would be no new Devo album.

In the winter term 2008 / 09, approximately 4600 students studied there.

Alongside these major festivals, there is also the Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival ( moved to June from 2008 ), the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

The strength of the La Niña made the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season one of the most active since 1944 ; there were 16 named storms of at least 39 mph ( 63 km / h ), eight of which became or greater hurricanes.

For example, in England, the England Hockey reports that as of the 2008 – 09 season there were 2488 registered men's teams, 1969 women's teams, 1042 boys ' teams, 966 girls ' teams and 274 mixed teams.

As of April 2008, it is published there in 39 languages.

In 2008, there were about 1, 013 franchises with more than 62, 500 outlets, making it one of the largest countries in the world in terms of number of units.

" The same authors in a more comprehensive 2008 study, again on Danish male conscripts, found that there was a 1. 5 points increase between 1988 and 1998, but a 1. 5 points decrease between 1998 and 2003 / 2004.

As of 2008, around 10, 000 French nationals lived and worked in Gabon, while the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion of the French military is also stationed there.

In 2008, there was still a strong herd at the Isortoq Reindeer Station maintained by the Icelander Stefán Magnússon and Norwegian Ole Kristiansen.

Burton ( 2008 ) argues that Lincoln's republicanism was taken up by the Freedmen as they were emancipated.

In 2008, it was discovered that the inactivation of only two genes in one species of annual plant leads to the conversion into a perennial plant.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

In 2008, the world's total arable land amounted to 13, 805, 153 km², whereas 48, 836, 976 km² was classified as " agricultural land.

A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.

To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

For this reason, Armenia was virtually unaffected by the Liquidity crisis of September 2008.

It hosted the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams that was played from 1940 until 2008.

In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power < ref >

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

It replaces the " sheaves of wheat " design, and was minted until 2008.

On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

It was not until June 6, 2008 that Japan formally recognised the Ainu as an indigenous group ( see Official Recognition, below ).

On June 6, 2008, a bi-partisan, non-binding resolution was approved by the Japanese Diet calling upon the government to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan, and urging an end to discrimination against the group.

Its main building was named Albertus Magnus Hall in 2008.

In 2008 the skeleton of Queen Eadgyth, granddaughter of Alfred the Great was found in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.

In December 2008, HDMS Absalon was involved in the rescue of putative Somali pirates 90 miles off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).