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| | After 49 years as president of Cuba, Fidel Castro resigns for reasons of ill health | |
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| 2008 |
| | President Musharraf's party is heavily defeated. with Opposition parties winning more than half the seats in Pakistan's general election | |
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| 2008 |
| | The National Assembly elects Fidel Castro's brother Raúl to succeed him as president of Cuba | |
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| 2008 |
| | The New York Philharmonic performs in North Korea, in the first significant cultural contact between USA and North Korea since the Korean War | |
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| 2008 |
| | John McCain claims the Republican presidential nomination in a victory speech in Dallas | |
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| 2008 March 4 |
| | Ian Paisley announces that he will stand down as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister of Northern Ireland | |
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| 2008 |
| | Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is elected President of Russia | |
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| 2008 |
| | Demonstrations in Tibet turn violent as protesters target Chinese buildings and individuals | |
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| 2008 |
| | In Bhutan's first general election, the Peace and Prosperity Party wins 45 of the 47 seats in the National Assemby | |
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| 2008 |
| | Evidence suggests that Tsvangirai has won Zimbabwe's presidential election, but after a delay of more than a month it is announced that a second round run-off is required | |
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