February 15, 2008 (Friday)
- A Cook County, Illinois, probate judge declares adventurer Steve Fossett to be legally dead five months after he disappeared in the Nevada desert. (Chicago Tribune)
- A home-made bomb explodes near the headquarters of the Federal District Police in Mexico City. One person is killed and two injured. (The International Herald Tribune)
- Political parties in Kenya agree to set up an independent panel to review the disputed 2007 presidential elections. (BBC News)