January 10, 2008 (Thursday)
- Operation Emmanuel: FARC guerrillas release Colombian hostages Clara Rojas and Consuelo González. (BBC News)
- U.S. President George W. Bush says Israel must return to its pre-1967 borders to enable the establishment of a Palestinian state. (BBC News)
- 2008 United States presidential election:
- Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson withdraws his candidacy. (CNN)
- Former presidential candidate John Kerry endorses Illinois Senator Barack Obama. (CNN)
- Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich calls for a recount in the New Hampshire primary, citing “unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots.” (Business Wire) (The Hill)
- Republican candidates debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (FOX News)[permanent dead link]
- Four people die after two tractor trailers collide crossing the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on the Mexico–United States border. (CNN)