Top Ten News Stories for 2008

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1. US Elections: Obama's election voted top news story of 2008.

2. Economic Meltdown: The bad news kept coming that brought the downfall of Wall Street

that deciminated the 401k and uncertainty spread in the main street.

3. Oil Prices: The price of crude oil soared to $150 a barrel.

4. Iraq: The much debated surge of US Troops.

5. Beijing Olympics: China hosted the Olympics for the first time.

6. Chinese Earthquakes: A huge quake in May killed 70,000 people.

7. Sarah Palin: Few Americans outside Alaska knew much about its governor when Republican John McCain drafted her as a running mate.

8. Mumbai Terrorism: Ten attackers allegedly sponsored by a Pakistan-based Islamic group terrorized India's financial capital in November killing 164 people in a coordinated attacks on hotels, markets and train stations.

9. Hillary Clinton: She did not win but came closer than any other woman in US history.

10. Russia Georgia War: The two nations waged a five day war in August ignited by a Georgian artillery barrage on the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

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