January 14, 2008 (Monday)
- Alvaro Colom is sworn in as President of Guatemala. (AP via Google News)
- MESSENGER, a NASA mission, flies by Mercury, the second spacecraft to do so and the first in thirty-three years. (BBC News)
- The Taliban attacks the Serena Hotel in Kabul, resulting in the deaths of at least six people. (AP via Google News)
- The European Commission opens two new probes on alleged anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft Corporation. (AP via The Melbourne Age)[permanent dead link]
- War in Waziristan: At least seven Pakistani soldiers die in a clash with pro-Taliban militants in a tribal area near the Afghan border. Twenty-three tribal militants also die in the fighting in Mohmand agency. (BBC News)
- Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert warns that "all options are being taken into consideration" to stop Iran from going nuclear. (Ynet News) (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Bobby Jindal is sworn in as the 56th Governor of Louisiana. He is the first Indian American governor in U.S. history. (NPR)