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| 2008 |
| | | After months of controversy over his financial affairs, Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern announces that he will resign on May 6 | |
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| 2008 |
| | | A coalition led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi wins the general election in Italy | |
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| 2008 |
| | | After being in power for 62 years (from 1946) the Colorado Party is defeated in Paraguay's presidential election | |
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| 2008 |
| | | The Taliban fail in an assassination attempt on Afghan president Hamid Karzai | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Cyclone Nargis kills at least 130,000 people and possibly many more in Burma (the number is uncertain due to government efforts to downplay the disaster) | |
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| 2008 |
| | | 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| | | Robert Mugabe wins the second round in Zimbabwe's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the contest due to widespread violence against his supporters | |
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