Current events of 18 February 2008 (2008-02-18) (Monday) edit history watch

The Government of Kosovo holds its first meeting after the declaration of the independence of the country.(Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo) Voters in Pakistan go to the polls in the Pakistani general election, 2008. (AP via Sydney Morning Herald) Early results show that anti-Musharraf parties Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) are emerging as victorious. Pakistan Muslim League (Q), the party supporting Pervez Musharraf, has been defeated with its leaders losing their seats. (Geo Television Network) An international conference aiming to ban the use of cluster bombs opens in Wellington, New Zealand. (TVNZ) A suicide bombing targeting a Canadian military convoy kills at least 37 Afghan civilians and injures three Canadian soldiers in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. (CTV) In China, the trial of human rights activist Yang Chunlin commenced in the city of Jiamusi. Yang helped organise a petition entitled, "We want human rights, not the Olympics", and is accused of "inciting subversion of state power". (Radio Free Asia)