heys 0935! i dunnoe if you guys still need this (events of 2008) but since i typed it, i might as well post it here, in case you guys want a reference (:

General Paper:
Events of 2008

January

• Devastating storm in China
  Post election violence in Kenya
  Oil prices hit $100 a barrel
  Rogue trader accused of losing billions
  Global market melt down
  Gaza residents stream into Egypt
  Britney Spears hospitalized
  Amy Winehouse goes into rehab
  Deaths of Sir Edmund Hillary and Suharto
  China suffers worst snowstorm in decades
  US primary season begins
  

February

• “Super Tues” in US, presidential race (Obama-politics)
  Parliamentary elections in Pakistan
  Cuban President Fidel Castro steps down
  Kosoro declares independence from Serbia
  UK’s Prince Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan
  French President Nicolas Sarkozy marries
  (Missed: ‘No 1’ car plate)
  

March

• Dmitry Medvedev elected Russian President (8 years president steps down)
  John McCain wins republican nomination
  Barack Obama responds to Rev. Wright controversy
  Presidential election in Zimbabwe
  Central banks around world provided emergency bank
  JP Morgan Chase buys out Bear Stearns Bank
  Mc Cartney-Mills divorce settlement reached
  China cracks down on Tibetan protesters
  Olympic torch is lit
  

April

• Olympic torch relay protests
  Austrian man accused of imprisoning daughter (24 years, sex slave)
  US authorities raid polygamist compound
  Barack Obama cuts ties with Rev. Wright
  Historic elections in Nepal
  Irish Prime Minister announces resignation
  Berlusconi becomes Italian Prime Minister
  Global riots over rising food prices
  (Missed: US President elections)
  

May

• Race for democratic nomination continues
  Uncertainty surrounds Zimbabwe election results (beating + torture)
  Russia swears in new President and Prime Minister
  Cyclone Nargis devastates Myanmar
  Earthquake kills thousands in China (7000 + buildings collapse, damage)
  (Missed: Salaries of others can be checked on the net)
  

June

• Barack Obama wins democratic nomination
  Zimbabwels opposition leader drops out of runoff
  Israel, Hamas begin truce in Gaza
  North Korea destroys nuclear cooling tower
  Fashion icon Yves Street, Laurent dies at 73
  Bill Gates ends day-to-day work at Microsoft
  (Missed: No self service, machine served to you)
  

July

• Hostages freed in Colombia
  Serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic arrested
  Sudanese president charged with genocide
  Iran test fires missiles
  Oil prices peak at $147 per barrel
  Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknote
  Nelson Mandela marks at 90th birthday
  Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins
  Barack Obama speaks in Berlin
  (Missed: Chess boxing- 4mins of chess and 3mins of boxing, carrying wife competition)
  

August

• Russian author Alexandra Solzhehitsyn dies at 89
  Russia invades Georgia
  Olympic games open in Beijing (Michael Phelp)
  Pakistani President Pewez Musharaf resigns
  US democratic national convention begins
  (Missed: Rubber duck swimming competition in New York)
  

September

• Destructive Atlantic hurricane
  Us Republican National convention begins
  Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan president
  Power sharing deal in Zimbabwe
  South African President steps down
  Israeli Prime Minister steps down
  Health of North Korea Kim Jong 2 questions
  Tainted milk scandals in China
  Actor Paul dies at 83
  First US presidential debate
  US economic turmoil
  US bailout plan fails, markets tumble
  
  

October

• US bailout plan passes (George Bush signs Emergency Economic Stablisation Act)
  Global economic turmoil (Iceland in verge of bankruptcy)
  Final US presidential debate
  Political deadlock in Zimbabwe
  Fighting displaces thousands in Congo
  Martti Antisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
  O.J.Simpson guilty of kidnapping, robbery.
  Madonna, Guy Ritchie file for divorce
  (Missed: 10 million dollar cat in Japan)
  

November

• Barrack Obama elected US president
  Iraq approves timeline for US troop withdrawal
  Pirates target ships off of Somali cast
  Global financial crisis continues

Jiayou! Loves, Tricia (: