Abe's nearly eight-year rule, which made him Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was aided by the fragmented opposition because of Japan's electoral system, in which most constituencies elect a single member of parliament to the lower house. Source: Internet
And in south London, Croydon Council had the highest average annual number of large incidents per capita, as well as the biggest increase in large fly-tipping in that eight-year period, according to Government data. Source: Internet
After an eight-year campaign by activists, the parliament passed the Law on Information Transparency and Right to Information in June 2011, with the legislation taking effect in December 2011. Source: Internet
After an eight-year courtship, they married in 1986, settling in Briarcliff Manor. Source: Internet
A democratically elected leader, the Abba Gada, presided over the system for an eight-year term. Gadaa is no longer in wide practice but remains influential. Source: Internet
At the age of 18 he began an eight-year affair with Marie-Blanche Vasnier, the wife of Parisian civil servant Henri. Source: Internet