According to the Central Bank of Armenia, during the first half of 2008, cash remittances sent back to Armenia by Armenians working abroad rose by 57. 5 percent and totaled $ 668. 6 million USD, equivalent to 15 percent of the country's first-half Gross Domestic Product.

According to the ROA National Statistical Service, the average monthly salary during January-June 2008 is 86, 850 drams ( about $ 287 at the time ).

The Falcons had the NFL's second best winning percentage at home during the period of 2008 to 2010 with a. 833 percentage.

The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round

He volunteered to play for his home team Trinidad during the start of 2008 domestic season.

Despite a hotly contested South Carolina primary, none of the candidates appeared on the platform of BJU's Founders ' Memorial Amphitorium during the 2008 election cycle.

The number of societies in the UK fell by four during 2008 due to a series of mergers brought about, to a large extent, by the consequences of the financial crisis of 2007-2010.

As punishment, during the fall exam period Gooch evicted two residents and relocated the remainder of Gate House to other places in the residence system, banned all current Gate House students from entering the building in 2008.

She has advocated for stricter gun control laws and gay rights, and voted against California's Proposition 8 during the 2008 elections.

China during the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 ( 2008 )

At a forum at the university during the 2008 presidential election campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama said that the university should consider reinstating ROTC on campus.

For example, during the eight-year period ending in 2008, despite overall growth in music sales and one anomalous year of increase, major-label CD sales declined overall by 20 %.

The capacity of Craven Cottage has been increased during summers for instance in 2008 with a small increase in the capacity of the Hammersmith End.

The Indians struggled during the 2008 season.

On 15 February 2008 Serbian Minister of Defence Dragan Sutanovac was pictured testing a Barnett crossbow during a public exercise of the Serbian army's Special Forces in Nis, 200 km south of capital Belgrade.

The Citizen Corps CERT curriculum ( including the Train-the-Trainer course ) was updated during the last half of 2008 to reflect feedback from instructors across the nation.

View from the Stamford Bridge ( stadium )# West_Stand | West Stand of Stamford Bridge ( stadium ) | Stamford Bridge during a UEFA Champions League | Champions League game, 2008 In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex, and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox.

On Sunday, November 9, 2008, a clash erupted between Armenian and Greek monks during celebrations for the Feast of the Cross.

For instance, the jersey numbers of inductees Aikman ( 8 ), Staubach ( 12 ), Hayes and Smith ( 22 ), Irvin ( 88 ), and Lilly ( 74 ) were not worn during the 2008 season.

The class of 2008, during their summer term on campus in 2006, replaced the defunct Tubestock with Fieldstock.

For example, during the 2008 flooding, Credit Island in the city's southwest corner remained closed for 5½ months while crews worked on cleaning up damage and removing river debris.

On July 31, 2008, an unnamed former White House official alleged that the US had imprisoned and interrogated at least one suspect on Diego Garcia during 2002 and possibly 2003.

She released her second live DVD and album, Live From London in October 2009, which was filmed during her sold out 2008 concerts at London's O2 Arena.

* 2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final ( planned ) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

On June 2, 2008, during an interview at the Danish Komiks. dk fair, Don stated that he would not do any more Disney comics, citing eye troubles, low pay, and the constant use of his stories in special hardback or album editions by international Disney licensees without any payment of royalties or requests for permission for the use of his name.

By July 2008 various blogs referred to " an e-mail " from a colleague of the band's attorney that suggested the issue was " amicably resolved ".

2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

They Might Be Giants ' new logoThe band's 13th album, Here Come the 123s, a DVD / CD follow-up to 2005's critically acclaimed Here Come the ABCs children's project, was released on February 5, 2008.

The Eliminator Collector's Edition CD / DVD, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's iconic RIAA Diamond Certified album, was released September 10, 2008.

On April 1, 2008, Essential Records released the band's third greatest hits album ( the second in the past year ), entitled Greatest Hits.

A & M Records, the band's record company, promoted the 2007 – 2008 reunion tour as the 30th anniversary of the band's formation, and of the release of their first single for A & M, " Roxanne ".

The band's fourth album, Headstunts ( an anagram of The Datsuns ), was released on 6 October 2008.

The band's recent albums, i ( 2004 ) and Distortion ( 2008 ), both followed the album theme structure of 69 Love Songs: The song titles on i begin with the letter ( or, in the case of half the songs ' titles, the pronoun ) " I ", whilst Distortion was an experiment in combining noise music with their typically unconventional musical approach.

The band's six-month reunion tour wrapped up on Halloween 2008 in Pelham, Alabama.

Following the band's reunion in 2008, Weiland once again evolved as a songwriter, explaining: " the ' 90s, I was so overwhelmed with my heroin addiction, and so a lot of the stuff was just from my point of view.

In March 2008, vocalist Barry touched on the issue of a possible reunion and fourth album in an article posted on the band's unofficial Myspace page.

The album was released on 29 April 2008 to coincide with the band's appearance at Coachella.

On May 9, 2008 the other members of the group sued drummer Mark Herndon for $ 202, 670 in money allegedly overpaid to him three years earlier after the band's farewell tour concluded.

They released an EP My Dear Machine on the website NoiseTrade in 2008, the band's first official release since The Best of Sixpence None the Richer in 2004.

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.

In 2008, the band's " classic " line-up, featuring Avery, reunited and embarked on a world tour.

The band's fourth album, Mountain Battles, was released in 2008.

) A low of this touring era occurred in the August 2008 when the band's equipment was stolen in Montreal, Quebec.

The band's final show with Ron Asheton was on September 29, 2008 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

In October 2008, Lupus Thunder quit the band ; this was announced on a blog on the band's MySpace by bassist Evil Jared.

" The band's original line-up reunited in June 2007, embarking on a tour later that year and releasing the album Forth in August 2008.

A new track, " It's OK Johanna ", appeared on the band's MySpace site in 2007, and in January 2008, Rowland told Uncut magazine further details about the album, saying in part: " I'm in the process of demo-ing the songs ...

The last update to the band's website occurred on July 8, 2008.

On July 24, 2008, frontman Phil Anselmo mentioned in a post on the band's Myspace blog that Down had been " fucking around with some new material " and had " enough material already recorded "-- at least six new songs in addition to those that did not make the final cut on Over the Under.