Portal:Current events/2008 February 3
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February 3, 2008 (Sunday)
- Serbian presidential election, 2008: Boris Tadić is reelected President of Serbia. (BBC News)
- Israeli forces open fire on Lebanon in the Wazzani River area resulting in one death and one injury. (Canadian Press via Google News)
- Chadian Civil War (2005–2010): battles rage in Adré near the Sudanese border. (Reuters)
- At least 23 people die in an earthquake in western Rwanda. (Aljazeera)
- Sri Lankan Civil War: at least eight people die and up to 100 are hurt in a suicide attack in the main railway station in Colombo. (BBC News)
- Raila Odinga, the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement, calls for the African Union to quell the violence that has followed the Kenyan presidential election, 2007. (AP via ABC News)
- Egyptian troops close the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip. (AP via The Jerusalem Post)
- Super Bowl XLII: the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots 17–14 in Glendale, Arizona. (ESPN) (The New York Times)
- Silver State Helicopters, one of America's largest helicopter flight schools, suddenly closes its doors and files bankruptcy. [1]