April 15 – Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States starts in Washington, D.C.
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Qualifying to 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship took place in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago from 3–6 April 2008.
The 2008 Icelandic lorry driver protests were protests started by lorry drivers in Iceland through March−April 2008.
Abraham Aderibigbe Adesanya (July 24, 1922 in Ijebu Igbo - 27 April 2008) was a Nigerian politician, lawyer, activist, welfarist, aristocrat and liberal progressive.
The band completed a Canadian tour with Grimskunk in March/April 2008, and toured central Canada with Threat Signal.
On 10 April 2008, Lago participated in a hearing before the Helsinki Commission, the independent U.S. government agency led by members of U.S. Congress, where he claimed that his small city of about 80,000 was now home to nearly 6,000 Iraqis; "more refugees than the United States and Canada together".
In April 2008 he worked on a pilot scheme, called ‘KIS’ Kids Into Snooker, set up by Cuefactor in conjunction with the Paul Hunter Foundation, the aim being to help generate interest in snooker amongst disadvantaged young people.
Directed by Pavel Khek, a stage version of the story premiered on 11 April 2008 in City Theatre, Mladá Boleslav.
In April 2008, Bobbejaan released a new album called "Bobbejaan", featuring Geike Arnaert (Hooverphonic) and Daan and produces by his own son Tom Schoepen.
The scientists detailed their findings on 21 April 2008 online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The association “Central-European Iron Trail” was created in April 2008 in Eisenstadt in the presence of many politic and scientist personalities.
Shot in April 2008, Clubscenewas Valentini's Advanced Film Project while studying under director Susan Seidelman at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Scoring a 60 m try: 2008 – Round 6, Newcastle Knights vs Sydney Roosters Wicks managed to score a 60 m try against the Sydney Roosters by outrunning the Sydney Roosters fullback Sam Perrett on Sunday, 20 April 2008
In April 2008 Diabolic released its first Blu-ray title, Top Shelf, starring Amy Ried, Courtney Cummz, Jenna Haze, Sarah Vandella, Brianna Love, Audrey Bitoni and Shawna Lenee.
A group of companies including EnOcean, Texas Instruments, Omnio, Sylvania, Masco, and MK Electric formed the EnOcean Alliance in April 2008 as a non-profit, mutual benefit corporation.
In April 2008, it was revealed that Solberg, as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development in 2004, had rejected a request for asylum in Norway by Israeli nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu.
On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Cressey Bravo investment fund.
On 1 April 2008 Macrovision's Software Business Unit, which included FLEXnet Publisher, was sold to the private equity company Thoma Cressey Bravo and subsequently relaunched as Acresso Software.
He replaced Mark Penn as the Clinton Campaign's chief strategist in April 2008, after the Wall Street Journal revealed that Penn met with Colombian official regarding a proposed free trade agreement opposed by Clinton and most labor unions.
After her win Sansone appeared on Italian Elle April 2008 issue and was featured in the Lavazza Espresso Experience 2009 Calendar, working alongside with Italian top model Eva Riccobono and renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.
glamourpuss was a Canadian independent comic book written and illustrated by Dave Sim which was published from April 2008 until July 2012 and ran for 26 issues.
In April 2008 the submission of evidence by HLC about war crimes committed in Lovas, Croatia, led to the Belgrade War Crimes Chamber began the trial of 14 indictees for their alleged role in the killing of 70 Croatian civilians in the first war crimes trial of former Yugoslav National Army officers.
2 April 2008: An online audiofile, in which Al-Zawahiri called the United Nations an enemy of Islam, was released via IntelCenter by As-Sahab (according to IntelCenter).
In April 2008, Rafael released Thirteen Stories High, the first album of original material since Hopper was released in 2000.
On 4 April 2008, the National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced a plan to develop the Jurong into a commercial hub outside the Central Business District (CBD).
She had recurring roles as Mel in the award-winning series The Cops, as Detective Sergeant Dawn "Spike" Milligan in Dalziel and Pascoe and as Shirley Lawson in 1 episode Shameless before taking on the role of Julie Carp in Coronation Street, first appearing on screen on 25 April 2008.
In April 2008, Shekhar Kapur revealed that he was to direct and that he and Steven Knight had been doing the screenplay for three months.
On 11 April 2008, Júnior scored his first S-League goal for Geylang in a 1-0 win over traditional Eastern rivals Tampines Rovers, in a game which was broadcast live on Channel 5 from the Jalan Besar Stadium.
Other shows include The Dawn and Drew Show (from October 2005 to October 2008), Madge Weinstein's Yeast Radio (from July 2005 til April 2008), CC Chapman's Accident Hash, Podshow Radio, Reaching for Lucidity, The Frank Truth, Pop17, The Scene Zine, Naive London Girl Podcast, Unleashed, tech vidcast GeekBrief.TV (from December 2005 to June 2010), and Madpod.
During one of his first declarations after being elected Mayor of Rome (april 2008), Gianni Alemanno announced his purpose to remove Meier's case, that the roman right wing always disapproved.
It reopened in April 2008, having been rebranded into a Novotel, managed by Accor.
In April 2008, Sri Vijayan and his wife, Dr Beena IAS, parents of two children, were recipients of the Model Official Couple Award from South Indian Bank.
Three new songs, from the Mini-EP Crash Factory Sessions, were put up on the band's Myspace in late April 2008.
In April 2008 her new adaptation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People opened at the Arcola Theatre, directed by its founder Mehmet Ergen.
In April 2008 it was announced that Roy Stanley was to be the new Chairman of Business Link North East.
From April 2008 to September 2009, she was the John McCain presidential campaign's Senior Advisor to Treasury and Accounting.
The Sheldon M. Chumir Centre, an eight-story medical facility named in honor of Chumir, opened in Calgary in April 2008.
In April 2008, cable company Nexans was awarded the €24m export cable supply contract by Statoil.
On 28 April 2008, Wrexham & Shropshire began providing services along the section of line between Wrexham General and Shrewsbury, continuing via Wolverhampton to London Marylebone.
In an interview with an Ottawa Sun reporter in April 2008, Rexe stated that he considered it an honour to have been the first ever pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins and would have been delighted if the Pens would have invited him to Pittsburgh to drop the first puck when they open their new arena.
In 2007, the chapel was rebuilt on the historical model at another site to the west beyond Bundesstraße 469 towards Auhof, and dedicated on 6 April 2008.
In 2002 has hired by Jens Ulltveit-Moe as chief executive officer of Petroleum Geo-Services, a position he held until 1 April 2008 when he replaced Marit Arnstad as chairman of StatoilHydro.
In April 2008, The Higher completed their first ever UK tour, supporting Elliot Minor for 8 dates alongside openers Furthest Drive Home.
In April 2008, Blackledge and seven other former NFL players traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops and coach them in the USO's Operation Gridiron: Huddle with the Troops, a flag football tournament for service personnel serving overseas.
In April 2008 the cinematheque at the Brooklyn Academy of Music presented the first comprehensive retrospective of the long overlooked Japanese director in the United States.
In April 2008, Strudwick was involved in an altercation between some of Manchester United's players, including Patrice Evra and Gary Neville, and the ground staff at Chelsea.
The earliest construction of venues commenced in April 2008 with the start of the main build on the Olympic Stadium by McAlpine, with the nearby energy centre to be constructed by EDF Energy.
In April 2008, a section of the road, which passes by his Gap View Farm home, was named and dedicated in Frank Buckles's honor by then-West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin.
WMLW-TV, a television station (channel 49 analog/48 digital) licensed to Racine, Wisconsin, United States, which held the call sign WJJA from June 1983 to April 2008
In April 2008, he entered Waseda University and majored in Human Environmental Sciences through the university's undergraduate correspondence course e-school.