Major World Events [37]

When President Bush visited Iraq, he encountered a threat by a shoes thrown by a Journalist (14-12-2008)

After the death of a boy by cops, a big riot occurred in Greece (07-12-2008)

The Drug War in Mexico was taken over by the Military force from the Police (04-12-2008)   

A sudden airport protest occurred in Thailand on 27th November 2008   

In the Mumbai terrorist attacks hundreds of people were killed (27-11-2008)   

India for the first time fixed it's National Flag on the Moon (15-11-2008)   

Obama was elected as the President of US on 4th November 2008

A big North Korean tower at it's nuclear site was damaged when denuclearization was done (12-10-2008)

The China's manned-space satellite Shenzhou - 7 landed in the space safely (25-09-2008)

The inagural experiment of Big Bang Theory was started by the Large Hadron Collider (11-09-2008)
   
The United States approved 700 Billion Financial rescue plan, following the global financial crisis

(07-09-2008)

The Bolivian President survived the Recall Referendum (11-08-2008)

The Olympic games held in Beijing, China on 8th August 2008
   
In the South Ossertian War, Russia invaded Georgia (08-08-2008)

In the Historic election conducted in Nepal on 24th July 2008, the Monarchy was abolished

US troops surged Iraq on 24th July 2008
   
The Sudanese President was arrested by the International Court order (13-07-2008)
   
Robert Mugabe was reelected as the Zimbabwean president (08-07-2008)   

Bill Gates voluntarily retired from the Top Position of Microsoft (07-07-2008)
   
Ice & Snow were detected on Mars by Phoenix Mars Lander on 20th June 2008

South Korea banned the importing of American beef (11-06-2008)
   
The new President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou took a pledge for a better relationship with China (20-05-2008)

The Sichuan Earthquake occurred in China (12-05-2008) thousands of people were killed   

The new Russian President Dmitri Medvedev took over power on 7th May 2008   

The Cyclone Nargis created a lot of damage & suffering to Myanmar (05-05-2008)   
   
In the Global food crisis started on 26th April 2008 there was a sudden rising in price of Rice
   
There was a protest all over the world about the Olympic Torch Relay (10-04-2008)

The militants in Basra was attacked by the Iraqi troops (30-03-2008)

The protest by Tibetan Monks was cracked by China (12-03-2008)
   
The FARC leader was killed by the Colombian troops in Ecuador (07-03-2008)

Pervaze Musharraf was defeated & stepped down in the Pakistani Presidential Election (21-02-2008)
   
Kosovo declared it's independence on 18th February 2008
   
The Microsoft Corporation made a hostile bid for Yahoo (25-01-2008)

A power sharing deal followed the Kenyan Tribal Violence (02-01-2008)