Portal:Current events/2008 October 23
- The New York City Council votes 29–22 in favor of extending the term limit on the office of the Mayor to three consecutive four-year terms from two consecutive four-year terms. This allows current Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for office again in the next mayoral election in November 2009. (WCBS)
- Ivo Pukanić, the owner of the Croatian weekly newspaper Nacional, is assassinated in a car bomb attack in Zagreb. (BBC News)