* 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.

In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power < ref >

In the Beano's home city of Dundee, a special exhibition was held at the University of Dundee featuring original artwork and other memorabilia loaned from D. C. Thomson-it ran until 20 September 2008.

In 2008, 7. 1 million tourists visited the city.

National Geographic Traveler ranked Columbus 11th on its historic destinations list in late 2008, describing the city as " authentic, unique, and unspoiled.

* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) introduces thirteen " extra dimensional beings " with crystal skeletons, who founded a city that became the basis of the El Dorado myth.

The Santiago light rail system is a planned light rail system in the Dominican Republic's second largest city, still in developing stages it was said to start on mid 2008 but right now is currently on hold due to lack of approval and of central government funds.

In 2008, the city had the 17th highest average income in Italy.

Jakarta is listed as a global city in the 2008 Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network ( GaWC ) research.

Since 2008 the Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF ) are in charge of security in the city.

On August 26, 2008 Dr. Lederman was video-recorded by a science focused organization called ScienCentral, on the street in a major U. S. city, answering questions from passersby.

The other highway will connect the city center of Luanda to Viana, and was expected to be completed by the end of 2008.

As of August 2008, an 18-story condominium high-rise called Capitol Club Tower is in the design phase with the adjacent parking structure already having been approved by city council and purchased by the developer.

Lausanne became the first city in Switzerland to have a rubber-tyred metro system, with the m2 Line which opened in October 2008.

In 2008, extreme waves and high tides caused widespread flooding in the capital city of Majuro and other urban centres, located at above sea level.

Development assistance from India has included a grant of US $ 100, 000 in June 2008 for a solar street lighting project in the capital city of Majuro and grant of 5 ITEC scholarships in 2010-11.

On February 5, 2008, the city, under mayor Michael Bloomberg, threw a ticker tape parade in honor of the Giants ' Super Bowl XLII victory at the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.

In 2008, Nashville was ranked as the 18th-worst spring allergy city in the U. S. by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

ESPN. com placed Eagles fans fourth in the league in its 2008 survey, citing the connection between the team's performance and the mood of the city.

It was the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2008, a key stage in the creation of a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

The city also boasts a GDP per capita of 200, 4 % ( 2008 ) of Poland's average.

In June 2008, when word came that over 600 American service personnel were coming to receive training for the war in Iraq, residents of the city of Paris adopted them and made donations of everything the troops could possibly need so they might enjoy their stay in Paris before they went on to the war.

Crowe also owns a house in the North Queensland city of Townsville: he purchased the $ 450, 000 home in the suburb of Douglas on 3 May 2008.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade had a joint press conference along with a close meeting in Feb 2008 in the city of Mashhad, both side pledged to expand the bilateral ties in the fields of economy, tourism and politics in addition to increase the efforts for empowering the OIC.

Lausanne is the only city with a metro system ( Lausanne Metro ), which includes two lines, the first being a light metro, while the other being a fully automated metro opened in 2008.

It hosted the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams that was played from 1940 until 2008.

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

The Australian Government has introduced legislation that requires ISP's to " restrict access to age restricted content ( commercial MA15 + content and R18 + content ) either hosted in Australia or provided from Australia " that was due to commence from 20 January 2008, known as Cleanfeed.

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.

The Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival is held regularly ; in 2008 it was hosted by China.

It also hosted the ACC Championship Game from 2005 – 2007 and the River City Showdown from 2007 – 2008.

At the April 2008 " Toward a Science of Consciousness " Conference held in Tucson, Arizona, Marcel Kuijsten ( Executive Director and Founder of the Julian Jaynes Society ) and Brian J. McVeigh ( University of Arizona ) hosted a workshop devoted to Jaynesian psychology.

Nancy Reagan hosted two 2008 Republican Presidential Candidates Debates at the Reagan Presidential Library, the first in May 2007 and the second in January 2008.

However, following the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict, Qatar hosted an emergency conference of Arab states and Iran to discuss the conflict.

In April 2008, Bucharest hosted the NATO summit.

In 2008, Sealand hosted a skateboarding event with Church and East Ltd sponsored by Red Bull.

The Spoonman was a program hosted by Brian Carlton on the triple m network in the late 1990s and returned in 2005 for 3 and a half years, the show wrapping up in 2008.

* 2008 — Worldwatch hosted the 20th Anniversary of the James E. Hansen hearings.

In 2008, it aired a spin-off show Domestic Blitz hosted by Shelley Craft and Scott Cam

A syndicated version entitled Trivial Pursuit: America Plays aired from 2008 to 2009 and was hosted by Christopher Knight.

The 2008 racing calendar consisted of 18 rounds in 16 different countries ( Spain which hosted 3 rounds, Qatar, Turkey, China, France, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, San Marino, Portugal, Japan, Australia and Malaysia ).

In 2008 a MotoGP event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time on a newly prepared track, and observers noted that the Speedway had hosted motorcycle racing before cars raced there.

In 2008 Barcelona hosted the Eurogames.

On June 21, 2008, Andrew Daly hosted a pilot episode with Sarah Silverman and Norm Macdonald among the panelists, using the Gameshow Marathon episode's set.

In 2008, the SMU School of Engineering, with the DeGolyer Library and the Library of Congress, hosted a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the digital age with Jack Kilby ’ s Nobel Prize-winning invention of the integrated circuit.

On April 8, 2008, she hosted the annual gala of the Trickle Up Program, a non-profit organization focusing on those in extreme poverty, mainly women and the disabled, in the Rainbow Room.

In July 2005 and July 2008, Monza hosted the " International Gran Galà Marching Show Bands " at Stadio Brianteo ( with the USA band Blue Devils, 11 times WMSB Champion of the World ).

On January 27, 2008, the Thrashers hosted the NHL All-Star Game at Philips Arena, matching the Eastern Conference All-Stars vs. the Western Conference All-Stars.