Luanda taxi called " Candongueiro " after heavy rainfalls, 2008

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

In October 2008 the Russian bank Gazprombank, the banking arm of Gazprom, acquired 100 percent of Armenian bank Areximbank after previously buying 80 percent of said bank in November 2007 and 94. 15 percent in July of the same year.

Ronald Koeman, succeeded Louis van Gaal after the 2008 – 09 season.

On 17 August 2008 club chairman and owner Franco Sensi died after a long illness ; his place at the chairmanship of the club was successively taken by his daughter Rosella.

Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility, who operated AMPS networks in Canada, announced that they would observe the same timetable as outlined by the FCC in the United States, and as a result would not begin to dismantle their AMPS networks until after February 2008.

Such a tax was in effect for some period of time, raising at least $ AU 290 million after April 2008.

ASROC ' Matchbox ' reload doors are visible in this photograph of the Japanese Asagiri class destroyer Asagiri, formerly DD 151, renumbered TV 3516 after reclassification as a training vessel, seen here on 28 July 2008 departing from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK.

Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by Ignazio La Russa, who managed to merge the party into The People of Freedom ( PdL ).

Bartók, who had made some recordings in Hungary, also recorded for Columbia Records after he came to the US ; many of these recordings ( some with Bartók's own spoken introductions ) were later issued on LP and CD ( Bartók 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 2003, 2007, 2008 ).

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

However, in January 2008, Selig agreed to a three-year contract extension, announcing he planned to retire after the 2012 season.

* On 24 January 2008, Peter Hain resigned his two cabinet posts ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales ) after the Electoral Commission referred donations to his Deputy Leadership campaign to the police.

The protest ended in September 2008 after a lengthy court process.

Nearly 100 children at the center of an international scandal that left them stranded at an orphanage in remote eastern Chad returned home after nearly five months March 14, 2008.

In 2008, after a chance meeting with CPAN admin Adam Kennedy at the Open Source Developers Conference, Linux kernel developer Rusty Russell created the CCAN, the Comprehensive C Archive Network.

The Colorado Rockies began the 2008 season after few offseason changes from the National League champion squad of 2007.

On July 4, 2008, Colorado defeated the Florida Marlins, 18 – 17, after at one point being down, 13 – 4.

Georgia left the CIS in August 2008 after a clash with Russia over South Ossetia.

In August 2008, Jed Stone returned after 42 years.

Thompson also blamed Counter-Strike for the February 14, 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting perpetrated by Steven Kazmierczak on the day after the shooting.

* 2008 Hewa Bora Airways crash-April 15 plane crash killed at least 18 people after taking off from the Goma International Airport, tearing the roofs off houses as it plowed through a densely populated marketplace near the runway.

According to a 2008 article in The Wall Street Journal, Dartmouth graduates also earn higher median salaries at least 10 years after graduation than alumni of any other American university surveyed.

At 84 years old, Daihachi Oguchi died on June 27, 2008, after being hit by a car across from his home in Nagano, Japan.

The UNMEE mission was formally abandoned in July 2008, after experiencing serious difficulties in sustaining its troops after fuel stoppages.

" As of 2008, according to Tweedie, the " image as a haven for ne ’ er-do-wells is largely out of date " since the legion now conducts extensive background checks via Interpol.

The hurricane of 2008 was a major setback since many bridges in multiple areas was either Collapse or suffers extensive damage ; was in immediate need of repair.

In August 2008, the BFI announced a new release of Salò on both high-definition Blu-ray and standard-definition DVD, claiming it to be " fully uncut and in its most complete version ," and that " the film has been re-mastered from the original Italian restoration negatives " and would be accompanied by a second disc containing extensive additional features.

On stage he received extensive critical acclaim for his performances in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker at the National Theatre ; and Pinter's The Homecoming and Miller's The Price in the West End, also appearing in Visiting Mr. Green in 2007 and 2008.

In early 2008, Tork added " advice columnist " to his extensive resume by authoring an online advice and info column called " Ask Peter Tork " at the webzine The Daily Panic.

As of 2008, Dembski serves as a senior fellow at the CSC, where he plays a central role in the center's extensive public and political campaigns advancing the concept of intelligent design and its teaching in public schools through its " Teach the Controversy " campaign as part of the institute's wedge strategy.

As of 2008, these differences are not quite as extensive as they were when Gary Burton first introduced the world to the four-mallet style in the 1960s, but they still exist to a large degree.

After an extensive review of vineyard conditions in and around the existing Champagne region, INAO presented a proposal to revise the region on March 14, 2008.

Occasionally, more extensive changes are made, as in the WS197 release of December 2008, which added a region of over 4, 600 bp to the sequence.

In 2008, it underwent extensive renovation.

West Houston, to Sixth Avenue, went through an extensive renovation process from 2006 to 2008.

The First Day of Issue celebration took place September 18, 2008, at Boston University, which houses an extensive Bette Davis archive.

Cuba's extensive censorship system was close to North Korea on the 2008 Press Freedom Index.

In a 2008 overview of extensions for Firefox in Linux Journal, Dan Sawyer described ChatZilla as an " oldie-but-goodie ", " venerable ," " with all the trimmings ," " handsomely organizes chat channels, logs, has an extensive built-in list of available channels, supports DCC chats and file transfers, and has its own plugin and theming architecture.

An extensive low-lying development of 1940s single storey brick buildings, bounded by the A3 to the north and the rail line to the south, was occupied by the Ministry of Defence and the Directorate of Overseas Surveys but after remaining empty for some years it was demolished in 2008 and the site currently awaits redevelopment.

Image: FEMA-37532-Restored Jefferson Davis home ^ quot, Beauvoir ^ quot, in Mississippi. jpg | Beauvoir in 2008, after extensive restoration.

The Bay Shore Public High School underwent an extensive renovation and an expansion from 2005 through 2008.

Bay Shore High School offers extensive AP courses, and became an official International Baccalaureate ( IB ) school in December 2008.

Launched in November 2008, the Institute combines scholarship with major speakers and an extensive community engagement programme, and so contributes to the Hall's founding vision to be a centre of the social as well as the sacred sciences.

On 23 July 2008, Hurricane Dolly, a category 2 storm, also caused extensive damage to the city.

On September 13, 2008, San Leon, TX received extensive damage from Hurricane Ike.

On September 13, 2008, The Woodlands sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Ike.

In 2005 and 2008, Vidor and surrounding areas suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ike.

The mall opened in 1965, was expanded in 1989, and was renovated in 2001 with a far more extensive renovation in 2008 and 2009.