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A new car from Tata Motors of India would likely fail Western emission and safety standards, but it could be an affordable car for the developing world.
Five Iranian boats took aggressive actions around three U.S. naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, an official said.
Both the president and Congressional Democratic leaders are considering a rescue package to counter the threat of a recession.
A tidal wave of young voters is buoying the disparate campaigns of both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.
Lawyers for three police detectives charged in the killing of Sean Bell say publicity surrounding the case has “incurably poisoned” the pool of prospective jurors.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 2, 2008, covering January 8, 2008.
Josh Groban
Mary J. Blige
Alicia Keys
Eagles
Miley Cyrus
2008George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (born 1923)[†]
George Thomas Donald Moore OBE was an Australian jockey and Thoroughbred horse trainer. He began his career in racing in 1939 in Brisbane where he quickly became one of the top apprentice jockeys and where in 1943 he won the Senior Jockeys' Premiership. He then relocated to Sydney and in 1949 went to work for trainer Tommy J. Smith with whom he would have considerable success.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]