In May 2008, the Navy announced new plans to reposition its forces throughout Brazil.

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

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

On April 28, 2008 Mike " Skuzzy " Nielsen announced plans to create Vor 2. 0.

A 2008 article in the journal Health Affairs suggested that the Dutch health system, which combines mandatory universal coverage with competing private health plans, could serve as a model for reform in the US.

On October 6, 2008, Heinz announced plans to acquire Golden Circle which " manufactures more than 500 products, including canned fruit and vegetables, fruit juices, drinks, cordials and jams.

In July 2008, the U. S. Department of Commerce reiterated an earlier statement that it has " no plans to transition management of the authoritative root zone file to ICANN ".

Spader filed for divorce from Kheel in 2004 and,, has plans to marry his girlfriend ( and former Alien Hunter co-star ), Leslie Stefanson, with whom he had a child in August 2008.

Kemp announced in April 2008 plans to establish the Jack F. Kemp Institute of Political Economy at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.

In December 2008, a mobile phone service was launched in Pyongyang, operated by Egyptian company Orascom, with current plans to expand coverage to all parts of the country.

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 October 2008, Mizell's one-time protege 50 Cent announced plans to produce a documentary about his fallen mentor.

As of June 2008, plans to remake the film Barbarella with Rose McGowan as the lead have been delayed ; the actress and director are instead remaking the film Red Sonja.

In 2008, President David Leebron issued a ten point plan titled " Vision for the Second Century " outlining plans to increase research funding, strengthen existing programs, and increase collaboration.

South Korea plans the first domestic launch of a satellite in 2008, with Russian assistance.

However, additional legal conflicts stalled both projects until August, 2008, when Nishizaki announced plans for the release of his film on December 12, 2009.

He also founded Galaxy Gameworks in 2008 to help commercially support SDL, although the company plans are currently on hold due to time constraints.

In 2008, Berdimuhamedow restored the traditional names of the months and days of the week ( Niyazov had renamed them after himself and his mother, among other things ), and announced plans to move the infamous gold rotating statue of Niyazov from Ashgabat's central square.

In 2006, 93 Games Studio announced that they have acquired the license to produce the official Twilight 2000 Version 3. 0, with plans for a 2008 release with the title Twilight: 2013.

A fourth runway ( parallel to the existing runways 1 and 19 L & R ) opened in 2008, and development plans include a fifth runway to parallel the existing runway 12 – 30.

The 2008 announcement of the city hosting the Expo 2015 has brightened prospects for the city's future, with several new plans of regeneration and the planned construction of numerous avant-garde structures.

It then announced plans to lay off 13, 000 employees in mid-February 2007, close a major assembly plant and reduce production at other plants in order to restore profitability by 2008.

Larson's motion picture plans have no connection to the 2008 TV series by NBC.

Total funding of the nation's 100 largest corporate pension plans fell by $ 303bn in 2008, going from a $ 86bn surplus at the end of 2007 to a $ 217bn deficit at the end of 2008.

Burton ( 2008 ) argues that Lincoln's republicanism was taken up by the Freedmen as they were emancipated.

Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

Polish Constitutional Court however, in September 2008, decided that the regulations were unconstitutional and dismissed them.

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.

In 2008, psychology professor Benny Shanon published a controversial hypothesis that a brew analogous to Ayahuasca was heavily connected to early Judaism, and that the effects of this brew were responsible for some of the most significant events of Moses ' life, including his vision of the burning bush.

The ANC and its members were officially removed from the United States terrorism watch list in 2008.

Additional improvements were made in Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and with the release of the latter the domain controller role was renamed Active Directory Domain Services.

As of February 18, 2008, carriers in the United States were no longer required to support AMPS and companies such as AT & T and Verizon have discontinued this service permanently.

Cellular companies who own an A or B license ( such as Verizon and Alltel ) were required to provide analog service until February 18, 2008.

The Dobson AMPS and TDMA networks were shut down on March 1, 2008.

By expanding the conditions for which they were indicated, Astrazeneca's Seroquel and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa had become the biggest selling antipsychotics in 2008 with global sales of $ 5. 5 billion and $ 5. 4 billion respectively.

Fears were allayed August 27, 2008, when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is " ready to lead ".

As of June 2008, 823, 502 companies were so registered ( of which 445, 865 were ' active ').

Between 1992 and 2008, the 1st, 2nd and 16th Jungle Infantry Brigades, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 19th Logistics Battalion, and the 22nd Army Police Platoon were transferred by the Army from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul to the Amazon region in accordance with the friendship policy with Argentina.

In 2008, there were 30, 400 main telephone lines in use, making Burundi 178th in the world in terms of countries with the most main telephone lines in use.

In 2008, there were 480, 600 cellular phones in use, making Burundi 156th in the world in terms of countries with the most cell phones in use.

As of 2008, there were 65, 000 internet users, making Burund 167th in the world in terms of countries with the most internet users.

In autumn 2008, several cases were reported in the southern Swedish provinces of Småland, Halland, and Skåne,

The fabrication methods and device characteristics were described at the 50th Electronic Materials Conference in Santa Barbara on June 25, 2008.

Details of the photodiodes were also published in the February 14, 2008 issue of the journal Electronics Letters and the November 2007 issue of the journal IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.

Although mandated by law, compliance data from the EPA for 2008 showed, however, 25 % of Bt corn growers were not in compliance.

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 ).