World events 2008
By: edited by D.S. Lewis ; deputy editor Wendy Slater
Series: Annual Register -- v. 250; Annual Register
Publisher: ProQuest
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 679
ISBN-13: 9781615402311; 9781600308284
Subjects: Modern History
Other titles: Annual register for the year 2008
Notes: "Colophons from 1758 volume."

"First edited in 1758 by Edmund Burke."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The annual register, 2008.; title: the annual register world events 2008; title: contents; title: contributors; title: abbreviations and acronyms; title: acknowledgements; title: foreword to 250th anniversary volume of the annual register; title: endorsements of the annual register by its nominating institutions; title: extracts from past volumes; title: preface; title: i. the annual register, 2008.; title: the annual register 250th edition: a personal history; title: the annual register 300th edition: a personal future; title: 2008: the year in review; title: ii. western and southern europe; title: united kingdom; title: scotland; title: WALESNORTHERN IRELAND; title: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND; title: GERMANY; title: FRANCE; title: ITALY; title: BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, AND LUXEMBOURG; title: NORDIC COUNTRIES; title: AUSTRIA; title: SWITZERLAND; title: EUROPEAN MINI-STATES; title: SPAIN; title: GIBRALTAR; title: PORTUGAL; title: MALTA; title: GREECE; title: CYPRUS; title: TURKEY; title: III. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; title: POLAND; title: ESTONIAâ€?LATVIAâ€?LITHUANIA; title: CZECH REPUBLIC; title: SLOVAKIA; title: HUNGARY; title: MAIN GAS PIPELINES IN EUROPE; title: ROMANIA; title: BULGARIA; title: ALBANIA; title: MACEDONIA; title: KOSOVO; title: KOSOVO: MAIN ETHNIC DIVISIONS; title: SERBIA; title: MONTENEGRO; title: BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINACROATIA; title: SLOVENIA; title: RUSSIA; title: BELARUSâ€?UKRAINEâ€?MOLDOVA; title: ARMENIAâ€?GEORGIAâ€?AZERBAIJAN; title: GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT, AUGUST 2008; title: IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN; title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; title: US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; title: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION; title: SENATORIAL AFFILIATIONS AND SENATE ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2008; title: GUBERNATORIAL AFFILATIONS AND GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2008; title: CANADA; title: MEXICO; title: CENTRAL AMERICA; title: CUBA, JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI; title: WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS; title: BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE BAHAMASGUYANA, BELIZE, AND SURINAME; title: UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES; title: NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA; title: US DEPENDENCIES; title: BRAZIL; title: ARGENTINA; title: PARAGUAYâ€?URUGUAYâ€?CHILEâ€?PERUâ€?BOLIVIAâ€?ECUADOR-COLOMBIAâ€?VENEZUELA; title: V MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; title: ISRAEL; title: PALESTINE; title: EGYPT; title: JORDAN; title: SYRIA; title: LEBANON; title: IRAQ; title: SAUDI ARABIA; title: YEMEN; title: ARAB STATES OF THE GULF; title: SUDAN; title: LIBYA; title: TUNISIA; title: ALGERIA; title: MOROCCO; title: WESTERN SAHARA; title: VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA; title: HORN OF AFRICAâ€?KENYAâ€?TANZANIAâ€?UGANDAETHIOPIAâ€?ERITREAâ€?SOMALIAâ€?DJIBOUTI; title: KENYA; title: TANZANIA; title: UGANDA; title: NIGERIA; title: GHANAâ€?SIERRA LEONEâ€?THE GAMBIAâ€?LIBERIA; title: WEST AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE STATESâ€?CENTRAL AFRICAN FRANC ZONE; title: SENEGALâ€?MAURITANIAâ€?MALIâ€?GUINEAâ€?CÃ?TE D'lVOIREâ€? BURKINA FASOâ€?TOGOâ€?BENINâ€?NIGER; title: CAMEROONâ€?CHADâ€?GABONâ€?CONGOâ€?CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICâ€?EQUATORIAL GUINEA; title: CAPE VERDEâ€?GUINEA-BISSAUâ€?SÃ?O TOMÃ? & PRÃ?NCIPE; title: VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA; title: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; title: BURUNDI AND RWANDA