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| | | Nepal becomes a republic after the Assembly votes by a large majority to abolish the monarchy | |
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| 2008 |
| | | After a long drawn out contest, Barack Obama defeats Hillary Clinton to win the nomination as presidential candidate for the Democratic party | |
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| 2008 |
| | | In a referendum in Ireland voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon, which has the effect of halting ratification throughout the European Union | |
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| 2008 June 5 |
| | | Peter Robinson, elected unopposed as leader of the DUP, succeeds Ian Paisley as First Minister of Northern Ireland | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Robert Mugabe wins the second round in Zimbabwe's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the contest due to widespread violence against his supporters | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Kibaki and Odinga sign an agreement, brokered by Kofi Annan, to share power in a Kenyan coalition government | |
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| 2008 |
| | | After 12 years in hiding the Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic, wanted for war crimes, is found in disguse and is arrested in Belgrade | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Georgian armed forces enter the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, provoking a powerful armed response from Russia | |
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| 2008 |
| | | In the Beijing Olympics swimmer Michael Phelps wins 8 gold medals, beating Mark Spitz's record of 7 in the 1972 games | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Nine years after seizing power in a coup, Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan under threat of impeachment | |
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