35 events found for 2008
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring…
Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the…
An edit on the page of the coati nicknamed it the Brazilian aardvark, in which multiple news channels followed in…
A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority…
A taxi driver is murdered in Bangkok by a teenager addicted to video games leading to the Thai government banning the…
Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had…
A EuroCity train en route to Prague struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka…
Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold…
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.
Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.
After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South…
Five bomb blasts took place in Delhi, India, killing at least 20 people as part of a series of attacks perpetrated by…
Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding…
Seven al-Qaeda fighters attack the embassy of the United States in Sanaa, Yemen, leaving 20 people dead.
An explosive-laden truck detonated in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and…