Following French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit in 2008, relations have improved.

Following Zuma's accession to the ANC leadership in 2007 and Mbeki's resignation as president in 2008, the Mbeki faction of former ministers led by Mosiuoa Lekota split away from the ANC to form the Congress of the People.

Following a surge in U. S. troops in 2007 and 2008, violence in Iraq began to decrease.

Following the 2008-2011 elections of ULI's direction committee, Gonçalo Neves replaced Carnaghan as secretary of linguistic issues in February 2008.

Following their Super Bowl championship, the Colts would go onto a 13 – 3 record during the 2007 season and would lose to the San Diego Chargers in the divisional playoffs, which would be the final game the Colts played at the RCA Dome, with the Colts moving into Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008.

Following the death of Arthur C. Clarke, BBC Sky At Night magazine released a copy of the 1977 archive programme on the cover of their May 2008 edition.

Following this, Stephenson published a novel titled Anathem ( 2008 ), a very long and detailed work, perhaps best described as speculative fiction.

Following formal discussions at the International Geological Congress, Oslo Norway, August 2008, the International Commission on Stratigraphy ( ICS ) decided in May 2009 to make the Quaternary the youngest period of the Cenozoic Era with its base at 2. 588 Mya and including the Gelasian age, which was formerly considered part of the Neogene Period and Pliocene Epoch.

Following a disappointing 7 – 9 record in the 2007 season, the Saints ended the 2008 season 8 – 8.

Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, that resulted in a series of important political developments, her husband Asif Ali Zardari was eventually elected as the new President in 2008.

Following a further change, the Constitutional law on the Modernisation of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic, 2008, a president cannot serve more than two consecutive terms.

Following the 2008 appeal by ATI over the validity of (' 327 ) and Silicon Graphics Inc's voluntary dismissal of the (' 376 ) patent from the lawsuit, the Federal Circuit upheld the jury verdict on the validity of GPHI's US Patent No. 6, 650, 327, and furthermore found that AMD had lost its right to challenge patent validity in future proceedings.

* 2008 – Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777. 68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.

Following the commercial success of the Matrix series, they wrote and produced 2006 film V for Vendetta, and in 2008 released the film Speed Racer.

Following Mwanawasa's death in August 2008, Zambian vice president Rupiah Banda succeeded him to the office of president, to be held as a temporary position until the emergency election on October 30, 2008.

Following the city's launch of the so-called " CleanAir Cabs " program the previous year, in August 2008 the Boston Police Department's Hackney Carriage Unit mandated that the city's entire taxicab fleet must be converted to hybrid vehicles by 2015. web | url = http :// www. cityofboston. gov / police / hackney / drivers. asp >

Following a 2008 leak of the pilot to YouTube, Loeb expressed some hope the series may be resurrected in some form.

Following the 2008 general election, its representatives are:

Following Goldwater's death in 2007 and Silberkleit's in 2008, Silberkleit's widow Nancy and Goldwater's half-brother Jonathan became co-CEOs in 2009.

Following the discovery and naming of asteroids below 10 m in size ( e. g., 2008 TC3 ), Rubin and Grossman refined the Beech and Steel definition of meteoroid to objects between 10 µm and 1 m in diameter.

Following the 2008 season, when the Pride lost an estimated $ 500, 000, former owner John Stabile sold the team to the American Defenders of New Hampshire, LLC.

Following the 2008 season, the ownership announced that they will no longer be a part of the Frontier League.

Following elections in 2008, all were Conservatives.

Following the tumultuous events leading to and including the English Civil War, another major revision was published in 1662.

Following release of AmigaOS 3. 1 it was possible to upgrade the A600 by installing a compatible revision 40. xx Kickstart ROM.

Following the publication of his Bible, Morgan worked on a revision of the Prayer Book ( which had also been translated by Salesbury ), published in 1599.

Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45 species.

Following consultation and revision, the constituency alterations were passed through the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.

Following a curricular revision that went into effect in 2002 three undergraduate majors were developed:

Following from the 2008 constitutional revision, appointments to the Council will be subject to a Parliamentary approval process ( Constitution, articles 13 and 56 ).

Following the revision by Alvarenga and Höfling ( 2003 ), there are now 5 subfamilies, containing 14 genera and 18 species:

Following the major revision of Title 10 of the United States Code by the Goldwater – Nichols Act in 1986, the Joint Staff of today works directly for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff rather than the corporate Joint Chiefs of Staff, as they did from 1947 to 1986.

Following the trends in Catholic approaches to alleged cases of possession since the pontificate of Leo XIII in the nineteenth century, the new revision includes a warning not to confuse mental illness with demonic possession.

Following the City Charter revision of 1989 which eliminated the powerful New York City Board of Estimate on which the President held a seat, the post was seen as largely ceremonial ; its only notable responsibility was to cast the deciding vote in the City Council in the unlikely event of a tie.

Following the entry into force of a framework agreement between the EU and ESA there is a Space Council configuration-joint and concomitant meeting of the EU Council and of the ESA Council at ministerial level dealing with the implementation of the ESP adopted by both organizations.

Following the 2004 Summer Olympics, President Romano Prodi pointed out that the combined medal total of the European Union was far greater than that of any other country and called for EU athletes to fly the European flag at the following games alongside their own as a sign of solidarity ( which did not happen ).

Following an invitation by the Bosnian authorities, the EU decided to establish a follow-on police mission with a modified mandate and size.

Following his departure from the Commission, McCreevy was forced to resign from the board of a new banking firm, NBNK Investments, after an EU ethics committee found a conflict of interest with his work as commissioner in charge of financial regulation.

Following an agreement during the 1990s by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation and the Australian and EU governments, the others ' GIs and the nations ' traditional terms of winemaking were meant to have been protected by 1997.

Following the creation of the EU in 1993, it has enlarged to include a further fifteen countries by 2007.

Following Booth's speech, an alliance between UKIP and the UK Labour Party MEPs persuaded the EU Transport Commissioner to amend the directive, allowing the service ( and similar ' social carriers ' across Europe ) to continue in business.

Following pressure from the EU member states, within the framework of the Bologna Process, Greece is revising its classification of degrees to bring it in line with the framework defined in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System / ECTS.

Johnson was also responsible for the White Paper Building Trust in Statistics As Economic Secretary she supported the EU action against money laundering stating " Money laundering is a very serious offence, with the capacity to undermine financial markets and to corrupt professional advisers " Following the 2000 Budget Johnson, whilst speaking to NPI Conference, commented " in the Budget three weeks ago now, this Government took the next steps towards our ambition for a Britain of opportunity and security not just for a few but for all, with prosperity reaching the people and places the economy has too long forgotten .".

Following Poland's entry into the European Union in May 2004, Poles gained the right to work in some other EU countries.

Following the endorsing of the Road Map, the Quartet on the Middle East was established, consisting of representatives from the United States, Russia, EU and UN as an intermediary body of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict.

Following the controversial Passenger Name Record agreement signed with the European Union ( EU ) in 2007, the Bush administration provided an exemption for the Department of Homeland Security and the Arrival and Departure Information System ( ADIS ) from the U. S. Privacy Act.

2010 Following strong critics from within and outside the EU on how it did handle falsified Greek data, Eurostat published a report to try to justify its procedures.

Following changes introduced on July 1, 2003, ( under Directive 2002 / 38 / EC ), non-EU businesses providing digital electronic commerce and entertainment products and services to EU countries are also required to register with the tax authorities in the relevant EU member state, and to collect VAT on their sales at the appropriate rate, according to the location of the purchaser.

Following the beginning of the gradual liberalisation of the European Union ( EU ) internal air transport market in 1987, Dutch flag carrier KLM, a long-standing business partner of Air UK and its predecessor Air Anglia, acquired a 14. 9 % minority stake in Air UK's holding company.

Following the confirmation of final election results, PDK and AKR formed a government with a program dedicated to EU integrations.

Following evidence from toxicological studies and numerous clinical trials, stanols are characterised as safe by authorities in several EU countries and by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ).

Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice issued on July 7, 2005, which forces Austria to accept nationals of other EU Member States under the same conditions as students who took their Matura in Austria, a law was passed on June 8 allowing universities to impose measures to select students in those fields which are subject to numerus clausus in Germany.

Following the adoption of the Treaty of Amsterdam, sanctions imposed on an EU Member State for a serious and persistent breach of fundamental rights requires Parliament's assent under Article 7 of the EU Treaty.

Following Greece's EU membership and the economic upturn, many from Germany returned.

Following the attacks on the eurozone by speculators in 2009-10, Spain proposed the EU enact the European Public Prosecutor provision so the post could co-ordinate legal action in retaliation.