In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

As far as general elections, he only dipped below 55. 0 % once ( 2008 ).

:* Domestic: fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons ; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2008 stood at about 55 percent of the population

" Notes & Queries 55 ( 2008 ).

Communauté financière africaine francs ( CFAF ) per US $ 1 – 507. 71 ( 2010 ), 472. 19 ( 2009 ), 447. 81 ( 2008 ), 481. 83 ( 2007 ), 522. 89 ( 2006 ), 647. 25 ( January 2000 ), 615. 70 ( 1999 ), 589. 95 ( 1998 ), 583. 67 ( 1997 ), 511. 55 ( 1996 ), 499. 15 ( 1995 )

* Total Touchdowns: 55 Deuce McAllister ( 2001 – 2008 )

There were 76 million in 2008 and 55 million in January 2005.

On June 27, 2008, Indonesian Sulaiman Damanik, 26, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court for sale of his kidney to CK Tang's executive chair, Mr. Tang Wee Sung, 55, for 150 million rupiah ( US $ 17, 000 ).

Colo is the oldest living gorilla in captivity, following the death of 55 year old Jenny in September 2008.

In 2007, 55 bodies were retrieved from its waters ; in February 2008, the body of supermodel-turned-activist Katoucha Niane was found there.

In August 2008, the SEC announced an unprecedented 15-year television contract with CBS worth an estimated $ 55 million a year.

Since 1992 no Republican candidate has received less than 55 % of the county's vote and in 2008 John McCain received 73. 4 %.

In 2008 Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama by a slightly smaller margin of 55 % to 43 %.

In 2008 Republican John McCain won 55 % to Democrat Barack Obama 43 %.

In 2008, the Democrats captured the countywide registration edge, Barack Obama carried the county with 55 % of the vote to McCain's 44 %, and the other three statewide winners ( Rob McCord for Treasurer, Jack Wagner for Auditor General, and Tom Corbett for Attorney General ) also carried Centre.

2008 election results are as follows: Republican Jack Hoogendyk received 59. 08 % of Ottawa County's vote in his failed bid against US Senator Carl Levin ; Republican Representative Peter Hoekstra received 71. 7 % of the vote ; Republican David Agema received 73. 45 % in the race for the 74th district ; Republican Arlan B. Meekhof received 60. 71 % in his race for the 89th District ; Republican Joseph Haveman received 71. 92 % in his race for the 90th District ; and Holly Hughes received 61. 55 % in her failed bid against Mary Valentine for the 91st District.

In 2008, Republican John McCain became the first Republican to win Knott County in a presidential election by winning 55 % of the vote to Barack Obama's 44 %.

In July 2008, Lime Village gained notoriety when it was reported that their gasoline prices were more than double of the already-high national average of over $ 4 / gallon with Lime Village selling regular unleaded gasoline at $ 8. 55 / gallon.

Between 2003 and 2008, the worldwide rise in copper prices led the mine to double its work force to 4, 000 employees, and increase production by 55 percent to an average of one million tons of ore per day.

The Highway 55 Bypass was officially opened on October 7, 2008, for more information see below.

The Columbia Bypass was opened to the public on October 7, 2008 featuring a traffic light at the intersection of the bypass and North 55 as well as a traffic light at the intersection of South 61.

The municipality had a population of 15, 217 in 2008, and covers an area of 16. 96 km² ( 6. 55 mile² ) of which 2. 17 km² ( 0. 84 mile² ) is water.

In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 55. 5 % of the vote here, over Democrat Barack Obama, who received 43. 6 % of the vote, with 70. 0 % of registered voters participating.

In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 55. 3 % of the vote here, defeating Republican John McCain, who received 43. 2 % of the vote, with 79. 0 % of registered voters participating.

In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 55. 3 % of the vote here ( 2, 121 ballots cast ), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama, who received 43. 8 % of the vote ( 1, 677 ballots ), with 78. 9 % of registered voters participating.

* 2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.

As of mid 2008, the AIM-120 AMRAAM has shot down nine aircraft ( six MiG-29s, one MiG-25, one MiG-23, and one Soko J-21 Jastreb ).

Also in 2008 the Brazilian company Embraer showcased the Brazilian military transport aircraft, Embraer KC-390, and some countries already have shown interest in the aircraft, with France even placing orders.

On 8 November 2008, at the AOPA Expo, CEO Jack Pelton indicated that Cessna sales of aircraft to individual buyers had fallen but piston and turboprop sales to business had not.

In June 2006, it was announced that an Airbus A320 assembly plant would be built in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, with the first aircraft to be delivered in 2008.

During a 2008 interview with the BBC, Major General Qian Lihua, a senior Chinese defense official, stated that the PLAN aspired to possess a small number of aircraft carriers to allow it to expand China's air defense perimeter.

In 2008, an aircraft carrying almost 700 kg of cocaine was caught at Freetown ’ s airport and 19 people, including customs officials, were arrested, and the minister for transport is still suspended.

In early September 2008, the Syrian government ordered MiG-29SMT fighters, Pantsir S1E air-defence systems, Iskander tactical missile systems, Yak-130 aircraft, and two Amur-1650 submarines from Russia.

On August 19, 2008, GD agreed to pay $ 4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Government claiming a GD unit fraudulently billed the government for defectively manufactured parts used in US military aircraft and submarines.

According to the Israel Civil Aviation Authority, as of 31 January 2008, Israel's civil aircraft fleet consisted of 53 aircraft ; 47 passenger planes, 5 freighters and one convertible.

After initially using the " CACTUS " callsign for the west fleet and " USAIR " for the east fleet, all aircraft began flying under a single " CACTUS " callsign and ICAO code " AWE " in September 2008.

In 2008, the airport handled 8, 288, 506 passengers and 98, 733 aircraft movements.

The Airbus A319 entered service on 13 March 2008, making RJ the first Middle East airline to operate three aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.

This aircraft was chartered to carry Sen. Barack Obama and members of his staff and press, during his Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 | 2008 presidential bid.

In May 2008 the March JPA approved opening the facility to general aircraft.

Under the subsequent BRAC 2005, the 940 ARW's KC-135R aircraft were realigned and the last aircraft departed Beale by the end of 2008 as the 940th converted to an associate reconnaissance wing mission in partnership with the 9 RW, operating the RQ-4 Global Hawk.

In May 2011, base civilian employee George Sarris successfully settled with the government over claims that he was subjected to retaliation for talking to the media in 2008 about poor maintenance of RC-135 aircraft at the base.

The first Qantas A380, VH-OQA " Nancy Bird Walton ", made a historic landing at the airport on 27 September 2008, enthralling several thousand spectators who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the giant aircraft.

By March 2009, the airline completely retired its fleet of three ATR 42 short-haul aircraft, after operating the type since 1993, and replaced it with a fleet of six Bombardier Q400 aircraft, the first of which was delivered in May 2008.

The Alitalia fleet consisted of the following aircraft ( at 31 March 2008 ):