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February 2, 2008 (Saturday)
- 2008 United States presidential election: former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney wins the Maine Republican caucus. (Bloomberg News)
- Five people are shot dead in a women's clothing store in Tinley Park, Illinois, with the person responsible fleeing the scene. (AP via The Washington Post) (The Sun-Herald)
- An explosion on a bus in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, kills at least 20 people. (BBC News)
- Chadian Civil War (2005–2010):
- Battle of N'Djamena: Chadian rebels enter the capital N'Djamena and head for the presidential palace. (BBC News)
- The Libyan Jamahiriya News Agency claims that the Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi has brokered a ceasefire. (Reuters)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy marries singer and former supermodel Carla Bruni at the Élysée Palace. (TF1)
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