Jan. 1 - Australians are among the first in the world to celebrate the start of the New Year.
Revellers gathered on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour to welcome 2008.
Up to 1.5 million people watched Australia's biggest fireworks spectacular from the waterside at the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The theme for this year's show was "The Time of Our Lives".
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Dec. 30 - Kenya's political opposition reject election win of President Mwai Kibaki and call for a recount
The head of the Electoral Commission of Kenya announced President Mwai Kibaki had beaten opposition rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin to win re-election in Kenya's closest ever vote.
Kenya's opposition rejected the result and plans an alternative inauguration for Monday in Nairobi Park.
Dec. 31 - President Mwai Kibaki's disputed election victory triggers rioting and looting that leaves scores dead.
Police beat protesters and flushed looters out of buildings in the sprawling Kibera slum, which is within opposition leader Raila Odinga's Nairobi constituency.
The scenes of extraordinary violence in the slums of the capital were repeated in the western city of Kisumu. Scores of people have died, many shot dead by police.
Susan Flory reports
Dec. 30 - As Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki wins second term, thousands of opposition supporters riot.
President Mwai Kibaki beat opposition rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin to win re-election in Kenya's closest ever vote, the head of the country's electoral commission (ECK) said.
Thousands of pro-opposition protesters immediately launched angry demonstrations, burning shacks in the capital's Kibera slum.
Penny Tweedie reports.
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