January 2, 2008 (Wednesday)
- Crude oil prices surge past $100 a barrel briefly in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
- Clashes in Kenya (2007-present):
- Both sides in Kenya's disputed election accuse the other of violence as diplomatic efforts intensify to defuse the country's political crisis. (BBC News)
- There were reports of several more deaths overnight, with two police officers killed in Kericho by youths armed with bows and arrows. (BBC News)
- Islamic insurgency in Algeria (2002–present): A suicide attack kills at least three people in Naciria, east of Algiers. (BBC News)
- A bomb targeting a military bus in Colombo, Sri Lanka kills at least four people including 2 soldiers and injures another 20. (BBC News)
- Technip is awarded a $1.2 billion contract to develop the Pazflor oil deposit in Angola. Acergy is awarded a $700 million contract to assist in petroleum production at Pazflor. (Bloomberg)
- A fire at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, England forces its evacuation. (BBC News)