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2008

September 2008 is the ninth month of the current leap year. It began on a Monday and will end after 30 days on a Tuesday. It is the current month.

Scheduled events

September 1 to September 4 - Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota for U.S. presidential election.
September 5 - In the Philippines is the grand opening of SM City Marikina, SM's 31st shopping mall located at Marcos Highway, Brgy. Calumpang, Marikina City, Metro Manila. It is envisioned to become the largest mall in eastern Metro Manila.
September 7 - The 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be hosted by Russell Brand in Hollywood, California.
September 7 - Landmark Broadway musical Rent will end its run after 12 years and more than 4,300 shows.^[1]
September 8 - The next US Senate Page session will open.
September 11 - Marks the 7th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
September 19 - ISRO's Chandrayaan (Lunar Craft) will be launched.
September 20 - Great American Gas-Out: A grass-roots effort to drive down fuel prices.
September 21 - The final Major League Baseball game to ever be played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles (should the Yankees not reach the postseason).

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September 1, 2008 (Monday)

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U.S. Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter Bristol is revealed to be five months pregnant. (BBC) (Telegraph.co.uk) (AP) (Al Jazeera) (Wall Street Journal)
The U.S. military hands control of Al Anbar Governorate over to the Iraqi government. (BBC)
An ACLU lawsuit challenges gag orders in National Security Letters. (AP via Google News) (BBC)
- Tropical Storm Hanna becomes Hurricane Hanna (2008) with hurricane warnings issued for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. (MSNBC)
- Tropical Storm Ike (2008) forms east of the Leeward Islands. (Miami Herald)
- Gustav weakens to a tropical storm in central Louisiana after being responsible for 7 deaths in the United States and more than 90 in the Caribbean. (UPI)
2008 South Ossetia war:
- The European Union suspends talks on a new partnership agreement with Moscow until Russian troops have withdrawn from Georgia. (BBC)
- Russia accuses the West of sending weapons to Georgia along with aid, while the European Union considers possible sanctions against Russia. (CNN)
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly resigns less than a year after taking office, triggering a leadership election. (BBC)
A Government of Orissa report states 558 houses and 17 places of worship were burnt in the 2008 Orissa violence. (Times of India)
Robert French is sworn in as the 12th Chief Justice of Australia. (ABC (Australia))

September 2, 2008 (Tuesday)

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New study shows that children of older fathers are at higher risk of psychological conditions such as bipolar disorder, autism and schizophrenia. (Reuters)
A gunman goes on a shooting spree that leaves 6 people, including a police deputy, dead, and four injured, in Alger, Washington, United States.(CBS News)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency vetoes plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to build the world's largest water pump on the Mississippi River Delta raising concerns about the impact on wetlands. (AP via Minneapolis St. Paul Herald-Tribune)
2008 Atlantic hurricane season:
- Hurricane Gustav weakens to a tropical depression. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Republican Party adopts a platform at its national convention that is critical of George W. Bush and John McCain for their support of government bailouts of companies. (Bloomberg)
2008 Thai political crisis:
- Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declares a state of emergency in Bangkok after clashes between groups of pro- and anti-government protesters resulted in one death and 43 injuries. (BBC News)
- Anupong Paochinda, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, states that the Army "will not use force" in enforcing the state of emergency. (AP via Google News)
A memorial service is held for the 229 victims of Swissair Flight 111, with some present complaining about a perceived lack of action by the authorities to prevent future disasters. (Canadian Press) (Wikinews)

September 3, 2008 (Wednesday)

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The Republican Party officially endorses Arizona Senator John McCain as its candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election. (New York Times)
2008 Atlantic hurricane season:
- Hurricane Ike becomes the fifth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, later strengthening to Category 3. (USA Today), (Associated Press)
- Flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna causes 26 deaths in Haiti. (AP via Google News)
United States Army troops cross the Pakistan border and launch a raid in the Angoor Ada region of Waziristan. Twenty civilians die. (ABC News)
GMAC's Residential Capital mortgage provider announces plans to dramatically reduce the size of its business resulting in the loss of 5,000 jobs. (Minneapolis-St Paul Star-Tribune)
Japan's Kyodo news agency reports that North Korea has started rebuilding the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in retaliation for the United States failing to remove it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism. (CNN)
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit finds "that a reliance on information in Wikipedia is insufficient grounds for a ruling" in an immigration case. (Ars Technica)
Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani survives an assassination attempt. (BBC)
The Independent Monitoring Commission reports that the Provisional IRA has effectively been disbanded as a terrorist organization, but the Provisional IRA Army Council still exists. (Guardian)

September 4, 2008 (Thursday)

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Senator John McCain officially accepts the nomination of the Republican Party in the United States presidential election, 2008. (New York Times)
Former United States political lobbyist Jack Abramoff is sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandals. (CBS)
The death toll from flooding in Haiti caused by Tropical Storm Hanna rises to 61. (CNN)
The Government of Thailand agrees to hold a referendum to resolve the 2008 Thai political crisis. (AP via Google News)
Tata Motors suspends work at its Tata Nano plant at Singur, West Bengal, due to continued agitations from the Trinamul Congress. (The Hindu)
Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory report the discovery of the Ω−b, a "doubly-strange" baryon containing two strange quarks and a bottom quark. (Science Daily)

September 5, 2008 (Friday)

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The European Union's Rosetta spacecraft performs a flyby of the asteroid 2867 Steins. (AFP)
Australia
- Quentin Bryce is sworn in as the first female Governor-General of Australia. (AAP via The Melbourne Age)
- Morris Iemma resigns as Premier of NSW following a loss of support in the Australian Labor Party caucus being replaced by Nathan Rees. (Sydney Morning Herald)

September 6, 2008 (Saturday)

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