October 14, 2008 (Tuesday)
- The United Arab Emirates recognizes Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state. (Emirates News Agency)
- Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins the Man Booker Prize for his debut The White Tiger. (The Canberra Times)
- In Canada's 40th general election, the ruling Conservative Party gains 19 seats and wins another minority government. Stephen Harper is re-elected as Prime Minister. (CTV News)
- Zimbabwe riot police disrupt a student protest in Harare as the students attempt to present a petition to Parliament. (The Times)
- 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off: Thailand states that it is prepared to respond militarily if attacked by Cambodia after Cambodia issues an ultimatum to withdraw from disputed border areas. (AP via Google News)
- Double murderer Richard Cooey is executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, despite his claims that his obesity made lethal injection inhumane. (UPI)
- United States President George W. Bush announces new measures to attack the current economic crisis including plans for the U.S. government to buy stakes in major banks. (ABC News Australia)
- Yehude Simon swears in as the new prime minister of Peru after the resignation of Jorge Del Castillo following the oil kickback scandal in Peru.(BBC)