In late 2008, Liam Connor and his ex-sister-in-law Carla Connor gave into their feelings for each other and began an affair.

Eurostat estimations as of January 2008 gave the number of 11, 214, 992 inhabitants in the Greek peninsula.

In the 2008 general election, Lazio gave 44. 2 % of its vote to the centre-right coalition, while the centre-left block took 41. 4 % of vote.

In January 2008, Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella launched an attack on Fraser, after a speech he gave at Melbourne University on " the Bush Administration ( reversing ) 60 years of progress in establishing a law-based international system ", claiming errors and " either intellectual sloppiness or deliberate dishonesty ", and that he tacitly supports Islamic fundamentalism, should have no influence on foreign policy, and that his stance on the war on terror has left him open to caricature as a " frothing-at-the-mouth leftie ".

Merger plans came to a head in May 2008, when the Queensland state Liberal Party gave an announcement not to wait for a federal blueprint but instead to merge immediately.

In the April 2008 Italian national election, the population of Piedmont gave 46. 8 % of its votes to the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi.

In Barbados the government gave the promise of a referendum on becoming a republic in August 2008, but it was postponed due to the change of government in the 2008 election.

Although Ibsen died in 2008, her son Michael gave a mouth-swab sample to the research team on 24 August 2012.

In December 2008, the FDA gave a " no objection " approval for GRAS status to Truvia ( developed by Cargill and The Coca-Cola Company ) and PureVia ( developed by PepsiCo and the Whole Earth Sweetener Company, a subsidiary of Merisant ), both of which use rebaudioside A derived from the Stevia plant.

On 22 July 2010, the International Court of Justice gave the following advisory opinion: " The declaration of independence of Kosovo adopted on 17 February 2008 did not violate international law.

India gave US $ 2 million worth emergency aid to Tajikistan during the 2008 Central Asia energy crisis.

* 23 January 2008 – Graham Medal of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, awarded after he gave his lecture " DNA Profiling ; Past, present and future ", which was nominated as the Graham Lecture.

At the April 2006 elections, Apulia gave about 51. 54 % of its votes to Silvio Berlusconi, and at the April 2008 election Apulians gave about 47 % of their votes to the People of Freedom-led coalition, eleven points more than to the Democratic Party-led coalition.

At the April 2008 elections, Umbria gave more than 47 % of its votes to Walter Veltroni.

On 8 April 2008, during his visit in Israel and Palestinian Authority, Bildt gave an interview to Swedish state radio, where he responded to a question on whether or not it would be possible to strike a peace deal without the involvement of the Palestinian group Hamas, which remained under international boycott.

FEC showed DiCaprio gave $ 2300 to Barack Obama's presidential campaign in the 2008 U. S. Presidential election, the maximum contribution an individual can give in an election cycle.

On 19 April 2008 an English woman, Jayne Jones ( age 37 ) who had an ectopic pregnancy attached to the omentum, the fatty covering of her large bowel, gave birth to her son Billy by a laparotomy at 28 weeks gestation.

On May 29, 2008 an Australian woman, Meera Thangarajah ( age 34 ), who had an ectopic pregnancy in the ovary, gave birth to a healthy full term 6 pound 3 ounce ( 2. 8 kg ) baby girl, Durga, via Caesarean section.

On April 18, 2008, the NBA gave conditional approval for the Seattle SuperSonics franchise to move to Oklahoma City for the 2008 – 2009 season provided the ownership could free themselves from the legal challenges that existed with the City of Seattle with a 28 – 2 vote by its board of owners.

The Italian government gave permission in 2008 to start works on the long awaited Varese-Como-Bergamo motorway, which would also include a bypass of the town of Varese.

* In March 2008, the paper gave buyouts to about 25 newsroom employees, including sportswriter Sam Smith.

In 2008, Leonard A. Lauder gave the museum $ 131 million, the biggest donation in the Whitney ’ s history.

* 1924 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman ( d. 2008 )

John M. Lundquist, author of The Temple of Jerusalem: past, present, and future ( 2008 ), discounts this idea.

* John Jaakke ( 2003 – 2008 )

Westminster John Knox Press ( 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.

In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County / Carson City, defeating John McCain 49 % to 48 %, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1 %.

On May 7, 2008, following speculation by John Carmack at QuakeCon on August 3, 2007, Doom 4 was announced as in production.

* 2008: The Edge of Love starring Matthew Rhys as the poet, directed by John Maybury, written by Sharman Macdonald, and drawing on David N. Thomas ' book Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow.

* 2008 – John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer ( b. 1959 )

In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

Ellensburg leans toward supporting Democrats, giving then-Senator Barack Obama of Illinois 56. 3 percent of its total vote in the 2008 presidential election to 41. 5 percent for his Republican rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona.

* Jerry Sumney, Colossians ( New Testament Library ; Louisville ; Ky .: Westminster John Knox, 2008 )

Floating Point is an album by John McLaughlin, released in 2008 through the record label Abstract Logix.

* 1963 – John Marzano, American baseball player ( d. 2008 )

* 1947 – John McWethy, American journalist ( d. 2008 )

* Drakakis, John & Dale Townshend ( 2008 ).

* Riddle, John M. A history of the Middle Ages, 300-1500 ( 2008 )

* RFC 5242 A Generalized Unified Character Code: Western European and CJK Sections ( with John Klensin ) April 1, 2008

* Gravett, Sandra L., " An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: A Thematic Approach " ( Westminster John Knox Press, 2008 )

* Lemche, Neils Peter, " The Old Testament between theology and history: a critical survey " ( Westminster John Knox Press, 2008 )

The state's senior ( Class II ) member of the United States Senate, re-elected in 2008, is John Kerry.

On June 5, 2008, Ice-T jokingly stated that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections.

Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, IMU released a report in 2008 " Mathematics in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities " on the current state of mathematics in Africa and on opportunities for new initiatives to support mathematical development.

John Carmack said in an interview at QuakeCon 2007 that there will be a Doom 4, it has been in development since May 7, 2008.