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March 8, 2008 (Saturday)

2008 United States presidential election: Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins the Wyoming Democratic caucus. (The New York Times)
Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt becomes the first foreign minister to visit Kosovo since the country declared its independence. (Ministry for Foreign Affairs)
Police in Memphis, Tennessee make an arrest in connection with the killing of four adults and two children. (AP via Google News)
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica resigns, dissolving a coalition too divided over the loss of Kosovo to carry on governing. (AP via Google News)^{[permanent dead link]} (The Daily Telegraph)
Voters in Malta go to the polls for the Maltese general election, 2008. (AP via International Herald Tribune) hggfd
Vietnam bans ownership of pet hamsters. (BBC News)
Malaysians go to the polls for the Malaysian general election, 2008. The Barisan National secures another term in government, but suffers its worst performance since the country's independence in 1957. (AP via CNN) (Xinhua) (Gaulia.com) (CNA)
The United States and Iraq commence talks about the future of relationships between the two nations including a longer term US military presence in Iraq. (AP via Google News)^{[permanent dead link]}