February 23, 2008 (Saturday)
- Japan launches a new, experimental Internet satellite aboard an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Centre. (Wired News)
- At least 18 people are injured by a blast on a bus in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. (BBC News)
- Gaston Flosse is elected President of French Polynesia after a deal with Oscar Temaru. (Pacific Magazine)