In February 2008, the Malaysian government announced the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy plan to harvest the virgin hinterlands of Northern Borneo.

In South Australia and Western Australia the two parties compete separately, while in the Northern Territory and Queensland the two parties have merged, forming the Country Liberal Party, in 1978, and the Liberal National Party, in 2008, respectively.

The loss marked a major turning point in Northern Territory politics, a result which was exacerbated when, at the 2005 NT election, the ALP won a second landslide victory, reducing the once-dominant party to a total of just four members in the Legislative Assembly. The 2008 saw the CLP reverse its earlier election losses, increasing its representation from four to 11 members.

Thompson also blamed Counter-Strike for the February 14, 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting perpetrated by Steven Kazmierczak on the day after the shooting.

* 2008 – Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 6 fatalities ( including gunman ) and 18 injuries.

* Northern Neck – Upperclassman – Completed in 2008 and housing approximately 400 students.

The 2008 edition of " America's Best Colleges ", compiled by U. S. News & World Report, ranked Northern Michigan University as a Master's ( Midwest )-Third Tier institution.

In 2008, Ian Thompson Jr. became the first driver from Northern Ireland to win the Brisca F2 Stock Car World title since 1972 when he took the honours at Bristol in 2008.

In Northern Ireland in 2008, 160 homophobic incidents and 7 transphobic incidents were reported.

In 2008, his heirs donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.

On 11 September 2008, BBC Radio Four's Document programme claimed to have unearthed a secret plan – codenamed Doomsday – which proposed to cut all of the United Kingdom's constitutional ties with Northern Ireland and transform the province into an independent dominion.

( 2008 ) We, The Northern Cheyenne People.

In September and December 2008 and April 2009, the BBC aired Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights, a documentary about her search to see the Northern Lights in northern Norway.

Also in 2008, the defendants of United States v LG Display Co., United States v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, and United States v. Sharp Corporation heard in the Northern District of California, agreed to pay a total sum of $ 585 million to settle their prosecutions for conspiring to fix prices of liquid crystal display panels, which was the second largest amount awarded under the Sherman Act in history.

Following his January 2008 retirement as a religious leader and pressure from party insiders, on 4 March 2008, Paisley announced that he would stand down as DUP leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland in May 2008.

The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.

The Alley has won numerous awards since opening, including Northern Ireland Building of the Year 2008, Allianz Arts and Business Award 2009 and The Green Apple Award 2008.

Northern Pine and Land of Lakes Councils joined together Jan. 1, 2008

Since the clogged interstate Woodrow Wilson Bridge was widened in 2008, commuter access to Northern Virginia's booming job market has improved.

In 2008 they repeated as best percussion ( for the fourth straight year ) and seventh place in the Northern States championship.

In 2008, he became a patron of Population Matters, ( formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust ), which campaigns for a gradual decline in the global human population to a sustainable level.

In early 2008, Herefordshire Council and NHS Herefordshire became the first local authority and Primary Care Trust to form a new kind of partnership.

The hospital was closed in 2008 after the Hillingdon Primary Care Trust admitted it had become too costly to maintain.

In 2008, Portsmouth was named one of the " Dozen Distinctive Destinations " by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Red Wing on its 2008 distinctive destinations list, which adds twelve communities annually nationwide.

These include: Potter's Tavern, said to have been built in the 1750s, but restored to its appearance in 1776 when it was home to The Plain Dealer, considered New Jersey's first newspaper ; Brearley ( Masonic ) Lodge, founded by General James Giles in 1795, and still active ; the so-called " Nail House " ( c. 1815 ; second build c. 1855 ), administrative home of the Cumberland Nail & Iron Works that established Bridgeton's industrial prowess in the early nineteenth century ; the first Cumberland National Bank building ( 1816 ), only the second bank chartered in New Jersey ( now part of the Bridgeton Library ); and the David Sheppard House ( 1791 ), recently restored with assistance from the Garden State Historic Trust and home to the Cousteau Coastal Center of Rutgers University since 2008.

This project was awarded an Oxford Preservation Trust Plaque in 2008.

* Behind the scenes gallery – images of Great Chalfield Manor and Lacock Abbey from the 2008 film, The Other Boleyn Girl ( film ), National Trust

The major project of the Trust at the present time ( 2008 ) is the restoration of the lock at Stratford St Mary.

North of the village is Middlethorpe Hall, a Grade I listed building since 2008 owned by The National Trust and now used as a country hotel.

The One World Trust Global Accountability Report, published in a first full cycle 2006 to 2008, is one attempt to measure the capability of global organizations to be accountable to their stakeholders.

* The Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust ( UK ) ( 2004 – 2008 )

After the 2008 season, Powell left lacrosse to pursue a career as a singer with his band " Villains Trust ".

In February 2008 the new Rochford Hospital opened to mental health inpatient services provided by South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Rochford Hospital provides services for wards which moved from Runwell Hospital.

In May 2008, TPL and partners ( including the South Carolina Conservation Bank, the South Carolina State Ports Authority, the Civil War Preservation Trust, and many private donors ) purchased the island on behalf of the City of Charleston from Ginn Resorts for $ 3 million.

Fullman has been the recipient of numerous awards, commissions and residencies including: a McKnight Visiting Composer Residency from American Composers Forum ( 2010 ), Artist-In-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts ( 2008 ); Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Grant ( 2008 ); Japan / U. S. Friendship Commission / NEA Fellowship for Japan ( 2007 ); DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program residency ( 2000 ); Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship ( 1999 ); and Meet the Composer, Reader's Digest Consortium Commission ( 1993 ).

In 2008 the Trust, with architects RMJM, created the initiative Architecture for Everyone to help promote architecture and the creative industries to young people from ethnic minorities.

* Koch Cultural Trust ( founded 1986 as Kansas Cultural Trust, renamed in 2008 )

Since the short conflict in Georgia in August 2008 The HALO Trust has had access to the upper Kodori region and has been clearing the remaining minefields there and also ammunition stores which were struck in bombing raids, throwing out explosive items over wide areas.

Gyllenhaal has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the indie film Sherrybaby ( 2006 ), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, the romantic comedy Trust the Man ( 2006 ), and big-budget films such as World Trade Center ( 2006 ) and The Dark Knight ( 2008 ).

In 2008 it replaced the now-defunct Scott Trust, which had owned the Guardian since 1936.

In October 2008 it was announced that the trust was being wound up and its assets transferred to a new limited company named The Scott Trust Limited.

Since 2008 it has been leased to the The National Trust and is run as a hotel by an independent company, Historic House Hotels Ltd.