Current events of 23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) (Saturday) edit history watch

Japan launches a new, experimental Internet satellite aboard an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Centre. (Wired News) At least 18 people are injured by a blast on a bus in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. (BBC News) Gaston Flosse is elected President of French Polynesia after a deal with Oscar Temaru. (Pacific Magazine)