2008 Austrian legislative election putting more emphasis on economic liberalism as well as social liberalism. BZÖ leader and Carinthian governor Jörg Haider died in a car accident in Köttmannsdorf near Klagenfurt in the state of Carinthia in the early hours of 11 October 2008. Police reported that the Volkswagen Phaeton that Haider had been driving came off the road, rolled down an embankment and overturned, causing him "severe head and chest injuries". Haider, who was on his way to a family gathering in honour of his mother's 90th birthday, was alone in the government car and no other vehicles were involved. An initial investigation
2008 Burkina Faso bus crash truck at Niangoloko. On March 7, 1976, 23 UNESCO workers were killed after their bus fell into a ravine. On December 7, a joint religious service was held at the national cathedral for the victims, who had been Christians and Muslims. The mass was presided over by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Jean-Marie Compaore, and Protestant and Muslim clerics presided as well. 2008 Burkina Faso bus crash The 2008 Burkina Faso bus crash was a bus accident on 5:30 am, November 15, 2008, that claimed the lives of more than 60 persons near the town of Boromo in Burkina