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- 10. Radovan Karadzic Extradited To The Hague. He was barely recognizable when the world first glimpsed Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic after more than a decade on the run.
- Olympic torchbearers at the Great Wall on August 7.
- 9. China Hosts Summer Olympics. Athletes and spectators loved the spectacular opening ceremonies and the memorable architecture of many of its sporting venues, while criticizing Beijing's air pollution.
- A Congolese child tries to salvage spilled flour distributed by the World Food Program in November. 8. Food Prices Rise, Pushing Millions Into Hunger. According to the UN, rising food prices around the world have plunged an additional 75 million people below the hunger threshold, bringing the estimated number of undernourished people worldwide to almost 1 billion.
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Dec. 22: Guinea's despotic president, Lansana Conte, dies after 24 years in power. Dec. 24:Junior army leaders launch a coup. Army captain Moussa Camara takes over as president of the republic.Sep. 24:Japan's Taro Aso, a conservative and former foreign minister, becomes prime minister, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda, who stepped down amid criticism of his handling of domestic issues.Sep. 15:In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who defeated Mugabe 48% to 43% in March 2008 elections but boycotted the June runoff election because of voter...Sep. 20:A truck bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing more than 50 people and wounding hundreds. A previously unknown group, Fedayeen Islam, takes responsibility...June 12:The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5 to 4, that prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have a right to challenge their detention in federal court.Oct. 10:Connecticut's Supreme Court rules that a state law that limits marriage to heterosexual couples and a civil union law that protects gay couples violate equal protection rights guaranteed by...Oct. 27: A jury finds Sen. Ted Stevens(R-AK) guilty of seven felony charges for lying on financial disclosure forms and failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts from the VECO Corporation, one...Nov. 4: Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain,taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama becomes the first African American to be elected pr...Feb. 9: The space shuttle Atlantisdelivered the Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station (ISS). The $2 billion laboratory has room for three astronauts and ten experimentation...May 12: As many as 68,000 people are killed and thousands injured when an estimated 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China.Nearly 900 students are tr...July 8:At their annual meeting, members of the Group of 8, the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Russia, set goals to cut in half by 2050 the amount of greenhouse gases emit...Nov. 6:Scientists at the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University report that they have sequenced all the DNA from the cancer cells of a woman who died of leukemia and compared it to her h...Dec 22, 2008 · From Obama's historic election, scandals to exclusive interviews, ABCNews.com's shares the most popular stories, topping the best of 2008 list with John Edwards' sex scandal, Heath Ledger's death ...
Feb 20, 2009 · The Pew Research Center: Top News Interest Stories of 2008. 1. Conditions of the U.S. economy 2. Rising price of gasoline 3. Debate over Wall St. bailout 4. 2008 pres. general election 5. Major drops in U.S. stock market 6. Falling price of gas and oil 7. Hurricane Ike 8. Wall St. financial crisis hits 9. Obama transition 10. 2008 pres. primary ...
Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne. Dear Science by TV on the Radio. Death Magnetic by Metallica. Feed the Animals by Girl Talk. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend. 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West. Santogold by Santogold. Third by Portishead. Little Honey by Lucinda Williams.
Dec 31, 2008 · Sept. U.S. legislators vote down $700-billion bailout. Oct. Harper pleased with election result. Nov. Obama's election sends a message to the world. Dec. GG agrees to prorogue Parliament. The move ...
