Portal:Current events/2008 February 14
February 14, 2008 (Thursday)
- Kosovo:
- Former Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi says the province will unilaterally declare independence within the next 4 days. (Sofia Echo)
- Police in Kosovska Mitrovica report an explosion. (AFP via Google News)
- The United States House of Representatives approves contempt of Congress citations against Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten in the U.S. Attorneys controversy. (The Washington Post)
- A gunman opens fire at a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, injuring as many as 18 students and with at least six people dead including the gunman. (Canadian Press via Google News) (CNN)
- President Vladimir Putin says Russia would target its missiles at Ukraine if it threatened Russia's national security. (Interfax)
- The United States Navy will use an SM-3 missile to destroy USA 193, a broken National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite which contains unused hydrazine fuel. (BBC News) (AP via Google)
- Kiribati now has the largest protected marine reserve in the world. (Reuters)
- The Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne has announced that its painting The Seine at Port Villez, thought to be by Claude Monet, is a forgery. (AFP via Google News)