The Epoch Times Top News Stories of 2008

Looking back at 2008, what stories would you choose as the top news stories of the year?
The Epoch Times Top News Stories of 2008
A squad of Chinese paramilitary policemen walk next to the collapsed buildings in one of the worst earthquake-hit areas of Yingxiu town in Wenchuan county, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan on June 28, 2008. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
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NEW YORK—If you were looking back at 2008 10 years from now, or 100 years from now, what stories would you choose as the top news stories of the year?

The Epoch Times editors have no handy time machine to help us make these choices. But we use our vantage point as a news organization with an eye on the future to pick the stories that not only had an impact on 2008, but will also, in our judgment, make a difference in all our lives in 2009 and beyond.

So we set aside achievements or milestones that were noteworthy but self-contained, and present to you the Epoch Times Top News Stories of 2008.