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As the year 2008 is passing away, it is leaving behind lots of memories in our mind. A year which can be remembered for lots of events like US got the first African-American President, and the Grand Olympic events in which Michael Phelps created history by winning eight gold medals, terror attack on Mumbai and many more events. Here are the top six events of the year 2008.

1> US got the first African American President:

In 2007 most of the people are not aware from the name of Mr. Barack Obama. During the presidential campaign he first defeated the former US first lady Hillary Clinton and then he defeated the thinking of the people that US will never elect an African-American as President. On November 04, 2008 he defeated the Republican candidate John McCain by a huge margin and thus he became the 44th President of United States of America.

2> China Olympic 2008:

For the first time China hosted the Olympic Games and on this occasion China opened the door to the entire world. Summer Olympic 2008 which were popularly known as XXIX Olympiad shows the strength of China to the entire world. The grand opening ceremony will always remain in the memory of lots of people forever.  People will also remember this event for the eight gold medal won by Michael Phelps.

3> Global Economic Crisis:

Year 2008 will also be remembered for the biggest stock market crash. It was even the worst market crash since the Great Depression (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression) of 1929. The global share market crash started from September 2008, which is still going on and created a huge financial problem through out the world. US became the first victim and then almost each and every country became the victim of the scenario. This incident caused heavy downfall in job sector and few people lost their job too.

4> Mumbai Terror Attack:

An incident which shocked the entire world, it started from the night of 26th November 2008 at Mumbai which is known as the Business Capital of India. The incident of the attack by around 10 terrorists to the financial capital of India took the life of around 175 people including some foreigners too. This incident shocked the entire India as well as the world too.

5> Shoe throwing Incident to Bush:

The year 2008 will also be remembered for the incident of the shoe throwing to the US President Bush. Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a journalist, threw the shoes to the US President on 14th of December, in a joint news conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq. Later al-Zeidi has been hailed as a hero in the Arab world.

6> India’s First Unmanned Mission to Moon:

It was a huge success to the Indian scientists and a boost to India’s space mission. India launched the first unmanned mission Chandayaan-1 on 22nd October 2008, and thus India became the superpower in the field of space missions. Now India is planning to launch the manned mission to the moon.

Other than these events some of the great people passed away during 2008 include Paul Newman, Sydney Pollack, Tim Russert, Bernie Mac, Heath Ledger, Mahender Kapoor. The list has a few more name and we pay homage to all of them.

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Sonia Gandhi who is considered as the Queen in Indian politics these days and Shahrukh Khan who is popularly known as King Khan are among the list of 50 most powerful people in the world. This list was published in the prestigious US-based magazine ‘Newsweek’.

The newly elected president of US, Mr. Barack Obama is leading the list. He is followed by the Chinese president Mr. Hu Jintao. Other politicians who are ranking at the top are French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Markel and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Sonia Gandhi is placed at number 17 spot in the list. The magazine writes about her that under her presidency Congress party is becoming more and more powerful in India, though Indian political scene is driven by factions.

“In the world’s largest democracy, she is the queen.” Magazine quotes this for Mrs. Sonia Gandhi.

On the other hand Shahrukh Khan has been placed at the 41st position. He is the only one from Bollywood who is there in the list. The magazine has posted a few superb reviews for the King Khan and appraised his acting and secular image.

The surprise inclusions in the list are the Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani who is placed at the 20th location while Osama Bin Laden, whom the Newsweek describes as “global terrorist.”

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Asif Ali Zardari the President of Pakistan has said that the terrorists of this reagion are so powerful that they can make up the war between India and Pakistan. He said to Indian government to stop blamming Pakistan government for the hand behind the Mumbai attack.

In my opinion this statement from the President of Pakistan is showing his utter weakness. Are those militants are more powerful than the two countries? Mind the fact that the two countries India and Pakistan are two nuclear power of the world.

As per his statement we can say that Pkiastan might not be capable of handling the terrorists of the reagion. They don’t have any control over them.

Zardari asked India to give the proof of the envolvement of the Pakistan in the attack. On the other hand the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Gilani said that “This incident will not mount the pressure between the two countries”.

On the other hand the elected President of US Mr. Obama has expressed that India has all the rights to protect it self in any way. He said that he has the faith that Mr.  Zardari will give all support to India.

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Giving an end to the duel war, the former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has declared her rival Barack Obama as her candidate for US Presidency. She appealed for unity in her much-anticipated speech to the Democratic convention.

“Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our president,” she said to 15,000 delegates at the Democratic National Convention supporting her opponent in the hard-fought and bitter contest.

“This is a fight for the future. And it is a fight we must win together,” she said as a raucous crowd in the 18,000 capacity arena chanted “Hillary” and held up white signs bearing a stylized version of her signature.

In an appeal to join America’s first black Presidential nominee, Clinton said, “Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines.”

“No way, no how, no McCain,” she said, referring to Republican White House candidate John McCain.

The New York Senator’s speech was the first of a one-two punch from the Clintons — former President Bill Clinton will address the convention on Wednesday — after fighting a barely disguised feud with the Obama campaign.

The first woman Presidential nominee in US history praised on Senator Joseph Biden as Senator Obama’s running mate. She said Senator Obama was a strong leader and a good man who understood economic stresses at home and challenges abroad.

Hillary Clinton’s 18 million Primary voters are vital to Obama, as his White House race with McCain has tightened to a dead heat, and the rivals are slugging out a desperate battle for swing states like Ohio.

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The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama while outlining his vision on the 21st century US economy in a speech on Monday said, “Revolutions in communication and technology have sent jobs wherever there’s an internet connection; that have forced children in Raleigh and Boston to compete for those jobs with children in Bangalore and Beijing,”

Obama wants to make the US economy strong and competitive again by expanding opportunity outward rather than clamping down on outsourcing to countries like India and China.

“We live in a more competitive world, and that is a fact that cannot be reversed,” Obama acknowledged as he kicked off his presidential election campaign in Raleigh, North Carolina by accusing his Republican rival John McCain of essentially endorsing President George Bush’s flawed policies.

Obama outlined his vision of building “21st century economy that works for working Americans.” He said he too believed in the cause of free trade, as professed by Bush but with a difference. “There is nothing protectionist about demanding that trade spreads the benefits of globalization as broadly as possible.”

“Because we know that we can’t or shouldn’t put up walls around our economy, a long-term agenda will also find a way to make trade work for American workers.”

“We do the cause of free-trade - a cause I believe in - no good when we pass trade agreements that hand out favors to special interests and do little to help workers who have to watch their factories close down,” Obama said.

According to Obama, he had “a fundamentally different vision of where to take the country” from his Republican rival involving both a short-term plan to help working families who are struggling to keep up and a long-term agenda to make America competitive in a global economy.

His long-term agenda will require the US to first and foremost to train and educate its workforce with the skills necessary to compete in a knowledge-based economy.

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