In April 2008, Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama ( Ian Khama ), son of Seretse Khama the first president, succeeded to the presidency when Festus Mogae retired.

Kung Te-cheng died in October 2008, and his son, Kung Wei-yi, the 78th lineal descendant, had died in 1989.

The Connor family continued to dominate storylines in 2008, with Michelle learning that Ryan was not her biological son, having been accidentally swapped at birth, and her emotional struggle to accept her biological son Alex Neeson.

Dean Ormsby Torrence ( born Los Angeles, California March 10, 1940 ), is the son of Natalie Ormsby Torrence ( born April 10, 1911 in California ; died August 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California ) and Maurice Dean Torrence ( born December 5, 1907 in South Dakota ; died November 16, 1997 in Los Angeles, California ), a graduate of Stanford University, who was a sales manager at the Wilshire Oil Company.

On 15 July 2008 the fifth eldest son of Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal Gaddafi, and his wife were held for two days and charged with assaulting two of their staff in Geneva, Switzerland and then released on bail on 17 July.

* Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison and front-man of English electronic / alternative rock group Thenewno2, has stated that No Logo had a large influence on their 2008 release, You Are Here.

The allegations of corruption against Askin were revived in 2008 when Alan Saffron, the son of the late Sydney crime boss Abe Saffron, published a biography of his father in which he alleged that Saffron had paid bribes to major public officials including Askin, former police commissioner Norman Allan, and other leading figures whom he claimed he could not name because they were still alive.

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

In Malaysia, two Sikhs were elected as MPs during the 2008 general elections ; Karpal Singh ( Bukit Gelugor ) and his son Gobind Singh Deo ( Puchong ).

After Postgate's death in December 2008 Smallfilms was inherited by his son Daniel Postgate.

The heirs of Tolkien, including his son Christopher Tolkien, filed suit against New Line Cinema in February 2008 seeking payment of profits and to be " entitled to cancel ... all future rights of New Line ... to produce, distribute, and / or exploit future films based upon the Trilogy and / or the Films ... and / or ... films based on The Hobbit.

Rossellini married Sonali Das Gupta in 1957 and adopted her young son Arjun, renamed Gil Rossellini ( 23 October 1956 – 3 October 2008 ).

On December 15, 2006, the fourth Druk Gyalpo, His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, abdicated all of his powers as King to his son, Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, with a specific intention to prepare the young King for the country's transformation to a full-fledged, democratic form of government due to occur in 2008.

The previous King's abdication in favour of his son was originally set to occur in 2008 as well, but there was an apparent concern that the new King should have hands-on experience as the nation's leader before presiding over a transformation in the country's form of government.

On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Helene Bizot ( not to be confused with Hélène Bizot ), according to the issue 3089 ( 31 July 2008 ) of Paris Match and the Phnom Penh Post.

On 13 October 2008, his son Guillaume died at the age of 37 from complications linked to a sudden case of pneumonia.

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.

In the 2008 Presidential election, the county supported Republican candidate John McCain 61-38 % over the state's favorite son, Barack Obama.

He was a first cousin to and the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and was the father of her son James VI of Scotland, who succeeded Elizabeth I of England as James I of England .< ref name = Greig > Elaine Finnie Greig, ‘ Stewart, Henry, duke of Albany Darnley ( 1545 / 6 – 1567 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 4 March 2012 </</ ref >

His son Ramsay continues to promote his no-dig gardening approach, and a demonstration plot may be seen at Capel Manor College in Enfield in conjunction with the Good Gardeners ' Association as of 2008.

His other son, John W. F. Dulles ( 1913 – 2008 ), was a Brazilianist and professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

* Thomas J. Bata ( 1914 – 2008 ), son of the founder

In 2008, Watts gave birth to the couple's second son, Samuel Kai.

** John Beyrle, son of Joseph Beyrle, appointed as United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation on May 13, 2008, confirmed July 3, 2008.

The following twelve members have been promoted to the status of " Legend " since 1996: Ian Stewart ( 1997 ), Gordon Coventry ( 1998 ), Peter Hudson ( 1999 ), Kevin Bartlett ( 2000 ), Barrie Robran ( 2001 ), Bill Hutchison ( 2003 ), Jock McHale ( 2005 ), Darrel Baldock ( 2006 ), Norm Smith ( 2007 ), Alex Jesaulenko ( 2008 ), Kevin Murray ( 2010 ) and Barry Cable ( 2012 ).

( New York: Peter Lang, 2008 )

Peter J. Vaghi ( 2008 )

* The meaning of the butterfly: Why pop culture loves the ' butterfly effect ,' and gets it totally wrong, Peter Dizikes, Boston Globe, June 8, 2008

* 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.

* Peter Brass, Advanced Data Structures, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

In September 2008, EastEnders began a grooming and paedophilia storyline involving characters Tony King ( Chris Coghill ), Whitney Dean ( Shona McGarty ), Bianca Jackson ( Patsy Palmer ), Lauren Branning ( Madeline Duggan ) and Peter Beale ( Thomas Law ).

* Sabor, Peter & Paul Yachnin ( 2008 ).

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

Chelsy also accompanied Harry to the wedding of Harry's cousin, Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly in May 2008, where she was introduced to the Queen for the first time.

Peter Schweizer points out several examples of insider trading by members of Congress, including action taken by Spencer Bachus following a private, behind-the-doors meeting on the evening of September 18, 2008 when Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke informed members of Congress about the imminent financial crisis, Bachus then shorted stocks the next morning and cashed in his profits within a week.

* 2007 – 2008: Rock n Roll Revival Tour ( with Reverend Run, Dicky Betts, Duane Betts, Peter Wolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, in a revue style )

In 2008, Peter Suber and Stevan Harnad, members of the open access community, proposed the use of the terms ' gratis open access ' and ' libre open access ' to resolve confusion within the open access community between resources that were open because they were free of price restrictions and those that were open because they were free of price and some permission restrictions.

A Friedman Prize was given to the late British economist Peter Bauer during 2002, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto during 2004, Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister during 2006 and a young Venezuelan student Yon Goicoechea during 2008.

* 2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist ( b. 1942 )

In 2008, Guillermo del Toro was selected as the director, with Peter Jackson as the executive producer.

Peter created four more large scale stroboscopic zoetropes from 2004 to 2011: " Deeper " ( 2004 ), " Homouroboros " ( 2007 ), " Tantalus " ( 2008 ), and " Charon " ( 2011 ).

In a remake of The Dam Busters by Peter Jackson announced in 2008, Stephen Fry, the writer of the screenplay, said there was " no question in America that you could ever have a dog called the N-word ".

The festival has a broad main stream focus with pop related music as well as traditional acoustic guitar music and alternative music with international guests like Caetano Veloso ( 2007 ), Rumberos Catalans, Pedro Soler, Bernardo Sandoval, Peter Finger, Aaron and Bryce Dessner ( 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.

* Peter Tork interview from The Zone Magazine February 2008

* Rex, Peter, King & Saint: The Life of Edward the Confessor, The History Press, Stroud, 2008

In 2008, Australian historian Peter Forrest claimed that the widespread belief that Paterson had penned the ballad as a socialist anthem, inspired by the Great Shearers ' Strike, was false and a " misappropriation " by political groups.

In 2008, a collection of articles from Nature was edited by John S. Partington under the title H. G. Wells in Nature, 1893 – 1946: A Reception Reader and published by Peter Lang.

Peter Gabriel has said in an interview for the 2008 box-set release of The Lamb that he was not happy about the choice of model as he had vividly imagined Rael as being Puerto Rican.