Editing 2008 (section)

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[[File:2008 Events Collage.png|Clockwise from top-left: [[Lehman Brothers]] went [[Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers|bankrupt]] following the [[subprime mortgage crisis]]; [[Cyclone Nargis]] kills upwards of 138,373 in [[Myanmar]] and became the [[List of natural disasters#tropical cyclones|7th-deadliest cyclone of all time]]; the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Beijing]], [[China]] whilst a [[2008 Tibetan unrest|series of unrest in Tibet]] was occurring against the games; an [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Sichuan]] kills over 87,000 and became the [[List of natural disasters#earthquakes|18th-deadliest earthquake of all time]]; a destroyed Georgian T-72 tank during the [[Russo-Georgian War]]; the Trident Hotel in [[Mumbai]] was the site of the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]; the ''[[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]]'' spacecraft is the first probe to prove that ice water still exists on [[Mars]]; poster in [[Pristina]] celebrating the [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Independence]] of [[Kosovo]] from [[Serbia]].|262x262px|thumb|right]]
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2008 was designated as:
*[[International Year of Languages]]<ref name="Ow0tF" />
*[[International Year of Planet Earth]]<ref name="UN_ARES60192">{{UN document|docid=A-RES-60-192|type=Resolution|body=General Assembly|session=60|resolution_number=192|accessdate=2008-09-17|date=22 December 2005}}</ref>
*[[International Year of the Potato]]<ref name="UN_ARES60191_page1">{{UN document|docid=A-RES-60-191|type=Resolution|body=General Assembly|session=60|resolution_number=191|highlight=rect_230,647_688,680|page=1|accessdate=2007-11-18|date=22 December 2005|title=International Year of the Potato, 2008}}</ref>
*[[International Year of Sanitation]]<ref name="UN_ARES61192_page2">{{UN document|docid=A-RES-61-192|type=Resolution|body=General Assembly|session=61|resolution_number=192|highlight=rect_220,490_733,518|page=2|accessdate=2007-11-13|date=20 December 2006}}</ref>

The [[Great Recession]], a worldwide recession which began in [[2007]], continued through the entirety of 2008.
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