Wiktionary:Words in the News/2008

Words in the News - Archive - 2008


 * retailer - Dec 29 - Four UK retailers call in administrators during the week of Christmas
 * air strike - Dec 27 - Israeli air strikes hit government compounds in Gaza
 * Father Christmas - Dec 26 - World’s largest ice 'Father Christmas' built in China
 * bird strike - Dec 23 - Report blames 747 crash at Brussels on bird strike
 * nuclear weapon - Dec 21 - UK government sells stake in nuclear weapons firm
 * OPEC - Dec 17 - OPEC cuts production by 2.2 million barrels a day
 * shoes - Dec 14 - Iraqi journalist throws shoes at US president George Bush
 * rescue - Dec 13 - White House considering auto rescue plan
 * Ponzi scheme - Dec 12 - Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B 'giant Ponzi scheme'
 * democratic - Dec 10 - Small British island gets first democratic election
 * corruption - Dec 9 - Governor of Illinois arrested on suspicion of corruption
 * child pornography - Dec 7 - British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
 * car bomb - Dec 5 - Car bomb kills seventeen in Pakistan
 * cholera - Dec 2 - Number of Zimbabwe cholera deaths nears 500
 * Secretary of State - Dec 1 - Hillary Clinton nominated as US Secretary of State
 * state of emergency - Nov 28 - Thai PM declares state of emergency over airport blockades
 * Mumbai - Nov 26 - Multiple extremist attacks in Mumbai, India kill dozens, injure hundreds
 * VAT - Nov 24 - UK government announces cut in VAT
 * suicide - Nov 23 - Teen broadcasts suicide online
 * hijacked - Nov 20 - Negotiations for hijacked Saudi oil tanker begin
 * pirates - Nov 17 - Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker
 * bail - Nov 15 - Scotland denies bail to terminally ill man convicted of Lockerbie bombing
 * recession - Nov 14 - Eurozone now officially in recession
 * mission - Nov 11 - NASA calls end to Mars Phoenix mission
 * Remembrance Sunday - Nov 9 - Events take place across UK to mark Remembrance Sunday
 * victory - Nov 7 - World leaders react to Obama's victory
 * elected - Nov 5 Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States
 * DNA - Nov 4 - DNA tests confirm bones found are Steve Fossett's
 * championship - Nov 3 - F1: Massa wins 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton wins championship
 * prize-winning - Nov 1 - American prize-winning author Studs Terkel dead at 96
 * orbiter - Oct 29 - Mars orbiter finds widespread evidence of water-bearing minerals
 * thickness - Oct 28 - Arctic ice thickness decreasing, suggests satellite data study
 * strike - Oct 27 - 20 killed in suspected US missile strike in Pakistan
 * shelter - Oct 25 - UK mountain run abandoned as participants seek shelter from appalling conditions
 * milk - Oct 19 - China's Premier recognises government responsibility in milk incident
 * testing - Oct 15 - UK government stops compulsory testing of fourteen-year-olds
 * economics - Oct 14 - American Paul Krugman wins Nobel prize for economics
 * surge - Oct 13 - Global markets surge in value
 * investigation - Oct 11 - 'Troopergate' investigation finds Palin abused her power
 * recession - Oct 9 - IMF: World on brink of recession; prepares special loan program
 * worldwide - Oct 8 - Central banks worldwide cut interest rates
 * Icelandic - Oct 7 - Icelandic Internet bank suspends UK accounts
 * precipitously - Oct 6 - Worldwide markets fall precipitously
 * bailout - Oct 5 - Despite passage of bailout bill, two US states may need loans
 * HIV - Oct 4 - Study estimates first human HIV infection 100 years ago
 * stampede - Sep 30 - Over 100 people die in stampede at Hindu temple near Jodhpur, India
 * House of Representatives - Sep 29 - US House of Representatives rejects bail out bill in vote
 * cold calling - Sep 27 - UK government's Information Commissioner takes enforcement action against Liberal Democrat party for cold calling voters
 * jet pack - Sep 26 - Swiss man successfully flies in jet pack across English Channel
 * crisis - Sep 23 - Gordon Brown: I can lead Britain through economic crisis
 * counterfeit - Sep 22 - 2% of British pound coins are counterfeit according to research
 * near-death experience - Sep 20 - Scientists to study near-death experiences
 * surge - Sep 19 - Shares worldwide surge due to US government plan
 * creation - Sep 18 - Royal Society education chief forced out in creation row
 * turmoil - Sep 17 - Russian stock markets suspended amid market turmoil
 * bankruptcy - Sep 16 - Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy
 * power sharing - Sep 15 - Zimbabwean rivals sign power sharing deal
 * fire - Sep 13 - Channel Tunnel between France and Britain resumes limited service after major fire
 * stroke - Sep 10 - Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il reported to have suffered 'serious' stroke
 * landfall - Sep 8 - Hurricane Ike makes landfall on Cuba
 * flood alert - Sep 5 - Much of UK placed on flood alert by Met Office
 * vetting - Sep 3 - Questions raised about McCain's choice of Palin, aides insist "thorough vetting" process
 * web browser - Sep 2 - Google launches web browser, dubbed Chrome
 * evacuate - Aug 31 - Mayor of New Orleans tells residents to evacuate ahead of hurricane
 * coalition - Aug 28 - Pakistan's governing coalition breaks apart
 * magnetic field - Aug 26 - Study: Herd animals detect Earth's magnetic field
 * dementia - Aug 25 - Margaret Thatcher suffering from dementia, says daughter
 * avalanche - Aug 24 - Eight mountaineers missing on Mont Blanc in French Alps after avalanche
 * running mate - Aug 23 - US candidate Barack Obama announces Joe Biden as his running mate via text message
 * garlic bread - Aug 21 - Garlic bread that turns blue is recalled in Australia
 * bus - Aug 19 - New York City residents lift bus off pregnant woman
 * resignation - Aug 18 - Pakistan's Musharraf announces resignation
 * world record - Aug 16 - Usain Bolt sets new world record in 100m sprint
 * ceasefire - Aug 15 - Ceasefire signed in Georgian-Russian conflict
 * truce - Aug 14 - Russian troops advance into Georgia, violating truce
 * opening ceremony - Aug 13 - Officials admit that China faked part of Olympics opening ceremony
 * Abkhazia - Aug 11 - Russia advances into Georgia from Abkhazia
 * South Ossetia - Aug 10 - Russian minister: South Ossetia reporting baised in Western media
 * anthrax - Aug 8 - US government points to dead scientist as 'lone anthrax attacker'
 * activist - Aug 6 - Group claims activists held in China after free Tibet protests
 * vitamin C - Aug 5 - Vitamin C can help prevent cancer say the National Institutes of Health
 * stampede - Aug 4 - Stampede in India kills at least 140
 * novelist - Aug 3 - Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dies aged 89
 * transplant - Aug 2 - World's first double arm transplant undertaken in Munich
 * anthrax - Aug 1 - Suspect in 2001 anthrax attack dies of apparent suicide
 * pier - July 31 - England's historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier destroyed by fire
 * absolute monarchy - July 30 - King of Tonga to hand power to Prime Minister, ending era of absolute monarchy
 * puffin - July 28 - Puffin numbers are falling on UK's Farne Islands
 * cylinder - July 27 - Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders
 * fuselage - July 25 - Hole in fuselage causes Qantas flight to make emergency landing
 * bicycle - July 24 - UK opposition leader David Cameron's bicycle was stolen
 * war criminal - July 22 - Alleged war criminal Radovan Karadžić caught in Serbia
 * collapse - July 20 - Crane collapse in Houston, Texas, kills 4, injures 7
 * extraterrestrial - July 18 - Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
 * outrage - July 15 - New Yorker's Obama cover sparks outrage
 * ambush - July 13 - Sixteen killed in Pakistan during Taliban ambush
 * mathematician - July 10 - UK mathematician Nick Higham wins Fröhlich Prize
 * antiglobalization - July 8 - Antiglobalization protestors march near site of G8 summit
 * waxwork - July 6 - Man rips off Hitler waxwork's head in Berlin
 * hand over - July 4 - Judge orders YouTube to hand over video view records
 * power sharing - July 2 - Zimbabwean opposition leader rejects calls for power sharing talks
 * bees - July 1 - Truck carrying 12 million bees overturns in New Brunswick
 * sweeping - June 29 - Mugabe claims 'sweeping victory' of Zimbawe election
 * unconstitutional - June 26 - US Supreme Court rules DC gun ban unconstitutional
 * top level domain - June 24 - We'll always have .paris: ICANN votes for top level domain registration in 2009
 * water ice - June 23 - Phoenix lander confirms presence of water ice on Mars
 * director - June 19 - French director Jean Delannoy dies at age 100
 * clash - June 16 - Protesters clash with police as Bush visits London
 * flooding - June 14 - Flooding closes highways in eastern Iowa, US
 * intelligence - June 13 - Senior intelligence official suspended after leaving top secret files on train
 * soil - June 11 - NASA's Phoenix Lander has an oven full of Martian soil
 * fastest - June 10 - US energy department reveals world's fastest computer
 * war of words - June 9 - Israel, Iran engage in war of words
 * plunge - June 6 - Dow plunges as oil prices break records
 * ovarian - June 4 - Ovarian baby "miracle" birth
 * clinch - June 3 - Barack Obama effectively clinches Democratic nomination
 * musician - June 2 - American musician Bo Diddley dies at age 79
 * closet - May 31 - Woman arrested after caught living in man's closet
 * monarchy - May 29 - Monarchy abolished in Nepal
 * cluster bomb - May 28 - International ban on cluster bombs "very close" says British Prime Minister
 * spacecraft - May 26 - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands safely on Mars
 * unresponsive - May 24 - Israel scrambles fighters to intercept unresponsive aircraft carrying Tony Blair
 * abortion - May 21 - UK MPs vote not to lower abortion limit
 * tumor - May 20 - Ted Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor
 * mourning - May 19 - Mourning ceremonies for earthquake begin throughout China
 * aftershock - May 18 - Chinese quake death toll nears 32,500, as a major aftershock occurs and mourning begins
 * run-off - May 16 - Zimbabwe presidential run-off date set
 * threatened species - May 14 - US says polar bears are threatened species
 * earthquake - May 12 - Large earthquake hits central China
 * hampering - May 9 - Myanmar criticised for hampering aid; UN resumes relief efforts
 * cyclone - May 4 - 351 (sic) dead after Burma cyclone
 * mayoral - May 2 - Johnson ousts Livingstone in London mayoral election
 * chemist - April 29 - Pioneer chemist Albert Hofmann dies at age 102
 * cellar - April 27 - Austrian man kept daughter prisoner in cellar for 24 years
 * mattress - April 26 - 55 people die in Casablanca mattress factory fire
 * strike - April 24 - UK teachers strike in first national teachers strike in 21 years
 * obliterate - April 22 - Hillary Clinton threatens to 'totally obliterate' Iran if it attacks Israel
 * recount - April 19 - Zimbabwe begins vote recount
 * animator - April 16 - Disney animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95
 * bombing - April 13 - Nine dead, scores injured after bombing in Iran
 * torch - April 9 - Olympic torch faces protests in San Francisco
 * legend - April 6 - Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dies at age 84
 * sex offender - April 4 - UK sex offenders to be banned from some websites
 * parliamentary - March 28 - Zimbabwe prepares for election
 * passport - March 21 - Senator Obama's passport records breached in January 2008
 * visionary - March 19 - Visionary and author Arthur C. Clarke dead at age 90
 * Dalai Lama - March 18 - Dalai Lama threatens to resign if situation in Tibet worsens
 * Greater Manchester - March 11 - Greater Manchester Police Chief found dead
 * prostitution - March 10 - New York governor Spitzer tied to prostitution ring
 * waterboarding - March 8 - President Bush vetoes CIA waterboarding ban
 * say goodbye - March 7 - Brett Favre says goodbye to NFL at press conference
 * heavy metal - March 2 - Heavy metal band Teräsbetoni to represent Finland at Eurovision 2008
 * child abuse - February 26 - Jersey child abuse case 'was not covered up'
 * remains - Febrary 25 - Remains of a child discovered in Jersey care home
 * phishing - February 23 - Armorize Technologies: Crimes use "Edison Chen's nude photos" as a web phishing tool
 * cluster bomb - February 22 - Draft treaty to ban cluster bombs reached in New Zealand
 * pair off - February 16 - Hydrated protons pair off
 * sexy - Febraury 15 - Sexy video clips influence young girls more than boys
 * broiler - February 14 - Study reports that 28% of broiler chickens struggle to walk
 * sidekick - February 12 - Newspaper campaigns to elevate Vancouver Olympic character from sidekick status
 * oil rig - February 10 - North Sea oil rig evacuated in security alert
 * Scotland Yard - February 9 - Scotland Yard says suicide bomb blast killed Bhutto
 * electric chair - February 8 - Nebraska court bans the electric chair
 * open fire - February 8 - Gunman opens fire at Missouri city council meeting
 * Super Tuesday - February 5 - US citizens in 24 states vote on 'Super Tuesday'
 * profit warning - February 4 - Irish airline Ryanair shares fall by 12% following profit warning
 * militant - January 28 - Militants in Pakistan release 250 schoolchildren after taking them hostage
 * underdog - January 26 - Underdogs beaten by Liverpool in FA Cup
 * plunge - January 21 - World stocks plunge on fears on US recession
 * chess master - January 18 - Chess master Bobby Fischer dead at 64
 * Darwin Award - January 13 - 2007 Darwin Award winners announced
 * anniversary - January 12 - Protests mark anniversary of Guantanamo detention center
 * New Hampshire - January 9 - John McCain and Hillary Clinton win New Hampshire primaries
 * mediation - January 7 - Kenya's leader Kibaki seeks Ghanaian president Kufuor's mediation
 * with open arms - January 6 - Israel to welcome President Bush with 'open arms'
 * threat - January 5 - 2008 Dakar Rally cancelled over terrorist threat
 * crackdown - January 4 - Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts
 * attack - January 2 - Mob attack on church in Kenya leaves 30 dead
 * euro - January 1 - Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro