The Southern African Catholic Bishops ' Conference ( Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland ) put into effect the changes in the people's parts of the revised English translation of the Order of Mass from 28 November 2008, when the Missal as a whole was not yet available.

However, the Southern African Catholic Bishops ' Conference ( Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland ) put into effect the changes in the people's parts of the revised English translation of the Order of Mass from 28 November 2008, when the Missal as a whole was not yet available.

As for October 2008, 7819 people were pardoned, while 3046 people's appeals were declined.

In his 2008 New Year's message, Biya expressed support for revising the Constitution, saying that it was undemocratic to limit the people's choice.

A December 2007 New York Times blog post described E-mail as " a $ 650 Billion Drag on the Economy ", and the New York Times reported in April 2008 that " E-MAIL has become the bane of some people's professional lives " due to information overload, yet " none of current wave of high-profile Internet startups focused on email really eliminates the problem of e-mail overload because none helps us prepare replies ".

This introspective style has become less prevalent as of Atmosphere's 2008 album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold in which Slug navigates through other people's lives.

The Tata Nano launched in January 2008, in India by Tata Motors, may mark the beginning of the return of so-called " people's cars " because of its low announced price-claimed by Tata as the world's cheapest car at.

" While Schumann later acknowledged that he " may have unnecessarily hurt some people's feelings " with the series, he returned in 2008 to the theme of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his subsequent art series, " The University of Majd: The Story of a Palestinian Youth ", which addresses a case of what Schumann believes to be false imprisonment in Israel.

In February 2008, research results were publicized by The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ( ISAPS ) to reveal how world celebrity images, which overwhelm popular media, influence people's choices and decisions to undergo plastic surgery.

Foxman accepted Gibson's second apology, although he has continued to censure Gibson publicly ; saying in 2008, " In his heyday, he was No. 1 in Hollywood, the most sought-after star, the people's choice, the icon.

During 2008, Walsh also appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, in the second story of series two, The Day of the Clown, as a sinister entity that fed off other people's fear.

Commonly-cited examples of dog-whistle politics include civil rights-era use of the phrase " forced busing ," used to enable a person to imply opposition to racial integration without them needing to say so explicitly ; the state of Georgia's adoption, in 1956, of a flag visually similar to the Confederate battle flag, itself understood by many to be a dog-whistle for racism ; the phrase " Southern strategy ," used by the Republican Party in the 1960s to describe plans to gain influence in the South by appealing to people's racism ; Ronald Reagan, on the campaign trail in 1980, saying in Mississippi " I believe in states ' rights " ( a sentence the New Statesman later described as " perhaps the archetypal dog-whistle statement "), described as implying Reagan believed that states should be allowed, if they want, to retain racial segregation ; Reagan's use of the term " welfare queens ," said to be designed to rouse racial resentment among white working-class voters against minorities ; a 2008 TV ad for Republican presidential candidate John McCain called " The One ," which observers said dog-whistled to evangelical Christians who believed Obama might be the Antichrist ; a Tea Party spokeswoman saying President Obama " doesn't love America like we do ," thought to be an allusion to Obama's race and to the birth certificate controversy, and Republicans frequently emphasizing Obama's middle name for the same reason ; an aide to 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney saying Romney would be a better President than Obama because Romney understood the " shared Anglo-Saxon heritage " of the United States and the United Kingdom ; former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, and others, calling Obama " the food stamps president " said to be a way of exploiting stereotypes among racially resentful white voters who see food stamps as unearned giveaways to minorities.

A series of four books that describe people's character by blood type ranked third, fourth, fifth and ninth on a list of best selling books in Japan in 2008 compiled by Tohan Corporation.

Since early 2008, Armenia's entire rail network is managed by the Russian state railway.

Economic analysts say that the project would cost at least $ 1 billion ( equivalent to about 40 percent of Armenia's 2008 state budget ).

In December 2008, Power Fasteners agreed to pay $ 16 million to the state to settle manslaughter charges.

Before the 2008 elections in Bavaria, the CSU perennially achieved absolute majorities at the state level by itself.

On 28 September 2008, the CSU failed to gain an absolute majority, attaining 43 %, of the vote in the Bavaria state election for the first time since 1966 on a percentage basis and was forced into a coalition with the FDP.

Since the 2008 Guinean coup d ' état, the head of state has been Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, an army officer and President of the National Council for Democracy and Development.

In April 2008, following the 2008 Hamburg state election, the Green-Alternative List ( GAL ) in Hamburg entered into a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ), the first such state-level coalition in Germany.

It was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501 ( c )( 3 ) non-profit organization in 1962, the consortium extended its first offer of membership in 46 years to Allegheny College in 2008.

Matti Vanhanen's two cabinets followed suit until autumn 2008, when the state became a major shareholder in the Finnish telecom company Elisa with the intention to secure the Finnish ownership of a strategically important industry.

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.

The constitution of the state of Arkansas was amended in the general election of 2008 to, among other things, repeal a provision ( Article 3, Section 5 ) which had until its repeal prohibited " idiots or insane persons " from voting.

In 2008, Millsaps quarterback Juan Joseph was awarded the Conerly Trophy, which goes to the best football player in the state of Mississippi.

On Christmas morning in 2008, the government declared a state of emergency.

Meditel and MT operated a duopoly until 2008, when the state regulator Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications waved in Wana, owned by Morocco's Omnium Nord Africain.

* 2008 – An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.

* 2008 – California becomes the second U. S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

Thus in 2008, enabling the National Executive Way, published by Law Rank, Value and Force of Organic Law of the Bolivarian Armed Forces, leading to a new organization, adapted to new requirements, with a geopolitical vision oriented to a social state, peace-loving defender of human rights and solidarity with our sister nations of the American continent, within the ideology of the Liberator Simón Bolívar.

Koshi River in the first category caused a major flood in August 2008 in Bihar state, India after breaking through a poorly-maintained embankment just inside Nepal.

Whilst on a state visit to Russia in December 2008, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expressed his desire to travel to Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the future, and stated that Nicaragua is in solidarity with the people of the two countries.

Georgia responded to Nicaragua's concurrent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by cutting diplomatic relations with the Central American state at the end of November 2008.

* 2008 – Proposition 8 passes in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages.

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.

As of 2008, English-language official Chinese state media no longer uses the term " People's Liberation Army Navy ", instead the term " Chinese Navy " along with the usage of the prefix " CNS " for " Chinese Navy Ship " is now employed.

The state of Washington, adopted a system virtually identical to Louisiana's in 2008, which came into effect after legal difficulties in 2010.

* Animal, 2008 album by Far East Movement

Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).

* 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta.

Air Greenland and Continental Airlines formerly ran direct flights from the US East Coast from 2007 to 2008, but these were discontinued.

However, despite these laws, East Timor has many problems with illegally armed militias, including widespread violence in 2006 which resulted in over 100, 000 people being forced from their homes, as well as two separate assassination attempts on the Prime Minister and President in early 2008.

* Lönnqvist, Minna ( 2008 ) " Kathleen M. Kenyon 1906-1978, A hundred years after her birth, The formative years of a female archaeologist: From socio-politics to the stratigraphical method and the radiocarbon revolution in archaeology ," in Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, April 3 – 8, 2006, ed.

* Jimmy Bonthrone, footballer and manager: born Kinglassie, Fife 16 June 1929 ; played for East Fife 1947-58, Dundee 1958-60 ; manager, East Fife 1963-69, Aberdeen 1971-75 ; general manager, East Fife 1980-94 ; married ( two sons ); died Kirkcaldy, Fife 7 June 2008.

In 2007, the economy of Malaysia was the 3rd largest economy in South East Asia and 28th largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity with gross domestic product for 2008 of $ 222 billion with a growth rate of 5 % to 7 % since 2007 Malaysia also accounts for two thirds of global $ 82. 2 billion sukuk market in 2007.

As of September 2008, approximately 600 NZDF personnel served overseas in the South Pacific, Asia and Middle East areas.

In 2008, the Giants won the NFC East with a record of 12 – 4 ( and also were the number one seed in the NFC after beating the Carolina Panthers for home field advantage ), but lost 23 – 11 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs.

In 2006, the team earned its fifth NFC East title under Coach Reid and in 2008, the team won their 500th game.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

In a 2008 interview Lipponen said that he had been a " target of East German manipulation ".

* 23 East 22nd Street, ( New York City, 2008 – 2010 )

On April 30, 2008, Indiana University East revealed the Red Wolves to be the new mascot for the campus.

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

Theodore Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand performs October 27, 2008 in the East Room of the White House, during a celebration of Roosevelt's 150th birthday.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allegedly declared at a NATO-Russia summit in 2008 that if Ukraine would join NATO his country can contend to annex the Ukrainian East and Crimea.

From 2001 through 2008, the East Front of the Capitol ( site of most presidential inaugurations until Ronald Reagan began a new tradition in 1981 ) was the site of construction for this massive underground complex, designed to facilitate a more orderly entrance for visitors to the Capitol.

* Tromans, Nicholas, and others, The Lure of the East, British Orientalist Painting, 2008, Tate Publishing, ISBN 978-1-85437-733-3