Richard Torbay ( 2008 – present )

* 2008 Alizain Hirji ( Impeached by the Council of Residence Presidents at Vic in 2009 )

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

Neither body sent representatives to the CUIC plenary on January 11 – 14, 2008, though the AME Council of Bishops never voted to suspend membership officially.

In December 2008, Iran ’ s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili visited Ecuador.

Since the 2008 Guinean coup d ' état, the head of state has been Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, an army officer and President of the National Council for Democracy and Development.

Most foreign militaries operated under the umbrella of the Multinational force in Iraq ( the MNF – I ), authorized under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546, 1637, 1723, and 1790 until December 31, 2008.

The Group's Second Interim Report was presented to the States by the Council of Ministers in June 2008.

In 2008, Prime Minister John Key ruled out any abolition of the Supreme Court and return to the Privy Council.

2008 saw a new twist to Lebanese politics when the Doha Agreement set a new trend where the opposition is allowed a veto power in the Lebanese Council of Ministers and confirmed religious Confessionalism in the distribution of political power.

On 16 October 2007, Libya was elected to serve on the United Nations Security Council for two years starting in January 2008.

The 2008 – 09 Manchester display, titled " Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum ", won the category " Best Archaeological Innovation " in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the Council for British Archaeology.

* Easington Council in County Durham, UK paid half of a medium's exorcism fee to remove a poltergeist from council housing in Peterlee, deemed more cost effective than relocation of the tenant ( 2008 )

Because of the split-off of the Conservative Democratic Party from the Swiss People's Party in 2008, since then the latter holds again only one seat in the Federal Council as of 2011.

In September 2008, a new constitution was accepted by the People's Council.

In September 2008, the People's Council unanimously passed a resolution adopting a new Constitution.

The latter resulted in the abolition of the Council and a significant increase in the size of Parliament in December 2008.

Elections: People's Council – last held in April 2003 ( next to be held December 2008 ); Mejlis – last held 19 December 2004 ( next to be held December 2008 ).

Tricky's 2008 studio album, Knowle West Boy, was released in the UK and Ireland in July 2008 and September 2008 in the U. S. The first single was " Council Estate ".

Murphy Student Centre ( 2002 ), MacLauchlan Arena ( 2004 ), Bill and Denise Andrew Hall residence facility ( 2006 ), expansions to the Atlantic Veterinary College ( 2007 and 2009 ), Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre ( 2007 ), a research and development laboratory which is home to the National Research Council of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and other partners, and Don and Marion McDougall Hall ( 2008 ).

Putin also served as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus from 2008 to 2012.

Digicel was finally granted a licence on 17 December 2007 and plans to start operations in the BVI sometime in 2008.

In May 2008, Gail finally met Ted Page, the father she'd never known and in 2009, Gail's boyfriend, Joe McIntyre became addicted to pain killers, which came to a head when he broke into the medical centre.

It was finally released on April 28, 2008.

In 2008 the wreck finally slipped below the surface.

During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets ' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress ' firing on November 22 following a 31 – 3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers.

Pepsi Wild Cherry finally received the 2008 Pepsi design in March 2010.

The insurance company involved in the failed first attempt withheld the rights to the screenplay for several years but the production was finally restarted in 2008.

Rubens Barrichello finally overhauled Patrese's total, recording his 258th Grand Prix entry at the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix.

He flatly denied paternity for 20 years but finally admitted it in 2008.

There is a recorded example of a 1930s Electrolux vacuum cleaner surviving in use for over 70 years, finally breaking in 2008.

It became clear that the party was not viable without its original leader, and it went into decline until it was finally dissolved in 2008.

The ball, marked with a die-cut asterisk, was finally delivered to the hall on July 2, 2008 after Marc Ecko unconditionally donated the artifact rather than loaning it to the hall as originally intended.

While it was originally planned to reopen in time for the centenary on 25 May 2008, delays prevented this, and the house was finally reopened with a gala concert and 3D animations on 24 May 2010, the eve of its own 102nd birthday and the Argentina Bicentennial.

She finally agreed to play the song again on her " True Colors " tour in 2007, and it was featured in her 2008 tour of Australia as the second number performed at each show.

In 2008, it finally lost its bellwether status when John McCain won with 54 % of the vote.

In 1960, the BBC opened the BBC Television Centre, and in 2008, Westfield London, a large development with new transport links and a shopping centre, finally completed the redevelopment after one hundred years.

The debate was finally settled in the 2008 mini-series Reign in Hell, where Shadowpact is shown trying to apprehend Linda Danvers before Linda is " recalled " to Hell.

As Kurumada had completed his manga in 1991, its third act was finally adapted to anime, releasing the episodes as OVAs, starting in 2003 and finishing in 2008, at last adapting Kurumada's manga completely to anime.

The long awaited Guns N ' Roses album Chinese Democracy was finally released in 2008, but only went platinum and failed to come close to the success of the band's late 1980s and early 1990s material.

The proposals where cancelled, however in 2008 when the city of Vandalia purchased the same land that was partially owned by University of Dayton, the city of Dayton finally began to work on their redeveloped expansion of the airport which included a new sight tower and updating of landscaping and the Airport Access Road.

SLUC Nancy won the last Korac European Cup in 2002, reached the finals of French championship of basketball ( Pro A ) four consecutive time and finally won his first trophy in 2008.

On 29 July 2008, the WTO negotiations in the Doha round finally collapsed because of differences between the US, India and China over agricultural trade.

Her goal is to increase participation to 20 percent by the end of 2008, 40 percent by the end of 2009, and finally 50 percent by 2010.

The mansion was finally sold in December 2008 in bankruptcy court for $ 4. 56 million.