Current events of 14 January 2008 (2008-01-14) (Monday) edit history watch

Alvaro Colom is sworn in as President of Guatemala. (AP via Google News) MESSENGER, a NASA mission, flies by Mercury, the second spacecraft to do so and the first in thirty-three years. (BBC News) The Taliban attacks the Serena Hotel in Kabul, resulting in the deaths of at least six people. (AP via Google News) The European Commission opens two new probes on alleged anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft Corporation. (AP via The Melbourne Age) War in Waziristan: At least seven Pakistani soldiers die in a clash with pro-Taliban militants in a tribal area near the Afghan border. Twenty-three tribal militants also die in the fighting in Mohmand agency. (BBC News) Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert warns that "all options are being taken into consideration" to stop Iran from going nuclear. (Ynet News) (AP via Yahoo! News) Bobby Jindal is sworn in as the 56th Governor of Louisiana. He is the first Indian American governor in U.S. history. (NPR)