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(''' MMVIII ''') will be a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday of the Gregorian Calendar .
- FIFA will announce the host country to celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup
- The FIA will introduce new regulations for the Formula 1 in order to reduce the costs and improve racing.
- May 12 - Cassini Spacecraft is set to orbit within 100 km of Enceladus , its closest encounter of the sixth largest moon of Saturn .
- May 16 - Presidential Election slated in the Dominican Republic .
- June 8 - NASA 's Pluto probe '' New Horizons '' will cross the orbit of Saturn , after 2½ years journey. The '' Voyager s'' spend 3 to 4 years to get to Saturn.
- June 14 - Expo 2008 scheduled to begin in Zaragoza , Spain .
- June 28 - Schedule remodeling of White House
- June - UEFA Euro 2008 Championship tournament. Joint hosts Switzerland and Austria .
- June - The Batman Begins sequel premieres. (yet to be confirmed)
- July 15 to July 20 - World Youth Day 2008 in Homebush , Sydney , Australia
- August 1 - Total solar eclipse: northern Canada, Siberia, Mongolia, northern China
- August 8 - 2008 Summer Olympics scheduled to begin in Beijing , China
- August 15 - One decade on from the 1998 Omagh Bombing in Omagh , County Tyrone , Northern Ireland
- August - World Congress on Philosophy in Seoul , the capital of South Korea
- The Star Wars Live-action TV Series will debut.
- The Indian Space Research Organization planns human spaceflight.
- Star Trek XI is scheduled to be released.
- Futurama 's contract with Cartoon Network will end.
- Expected time for the release of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince film.
- Expected release year of '' A Memory Of Light '', the 12th and final book of Robert Jordan's fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time .
- The United Nations is to review drug policies around the world.
- ---http://www.un.org/ga/president/57/pages/speeches/statement030408-Vienna-Narcotics.htm
- ---http://www.drug-policy.org/modules/countdown_2008
- Both Liverpool ( England ) and Stavanger ( Norway ) are European Capital Of Culture
- The ECB is expected to issue a new series of Euro Banknotes , replacing the old series, and should include new security features along with the incorporation of Cyprus on the EU map.
- Tentative year for the completion of the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the International Business Center in Seoul , South Korea
- Forecasted year of worldwide production decline in oil given by the Association For The Study Of Peak Oil And Gas
- Forecasted year of OPEC oil production exceeding non-OPEC oil production given by " The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge " by Richard C. Duncan
- The United Kingdom plans to begin 5-year process to cease Analog Television broadcasts region-by-region, starting with Border , Westcountry and HTV Wales.
- According to Paramount, this is the earliest possible year for a new Star Trek TV series.
- Boeing's 787 aircraft will enter service.
- The Rugby League World Cup will be held in Australia.
- Australia plans to cease analogue television broadcasts.
- The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino will be completed
- The 178-metre high Singapore Flyer is expected to be completed in the first quarter and could become the tallest Observation Wheel in the world.
- Peru will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) forum.
- '' The Land Before Time '' gets its theatrical re-release for its 20th anniversary with never-before-seen footage.
- A vaccine to wipe out the virus that causes Cervical Cancer is expected to be ready this year.
- The Palm, Jumeirah, part of the Palm Islands development, is expected to be completed this year in Dubai , United Arab Emirates .
- The movie Ender's Game based on the book by Orson Scott Card might be released.
- Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 3 is due to be completed in this time frame.
- Eligible for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame :
- --- Madonna , Metallica , The Smiths , Pantera , Faith No More , Slayer , Violent Femmes and R.E.M.
- According to Capcom , the year "200X" in which '' Mega Man 2 '' takes place is 2008.
- Twisted Metal 3 , made in 1998 takes place in this year.
- In the computer game '' Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon '', Russia attempts to reunite the Soviet Union and invades several Eastern European countries. The UN intervenes with Peace-Keeping Forces.
- In the WB series finale '' Dawson's Creek '', this is the year when the characters meet once again. According to the storyline, John Mayer will be on tour (Since the character Joey Potter declaims the character Audrey Lidell is touring with John Mayer as a back up singer). Also, there will be a series called "The Creek" based on character Dawson Leery's life (Basically is a "Dawson's Creek" inside the show called "The Creek"); it also is established that there will be a McDonald's on Hudsons already (on the show's fictitious Capeside, MA)
- In commemoration of Ian Fleming 's 100th birthday this year, Ian Fleming Publications has announced the publication of a new James Bond novel, to be written by a noted author. As of January 2006, no further details of this project have been released. This will be the first novel published featuring the adult version of Bond since 2002.
- The final episode of "Lushass 3" will be finished in 2008.
- The science fiction film '' Silent Running '' takes place in 2008.
- The events of the 1992 Dystopian Science Fiction film '' Split Second '', starring Rutger Hauer take place.
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