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- An explosion and fire southeast of Clearbrook, Minnesota, kills two workers and forced the closure of a pipeline that carries nearly a fifth of U.S. crude oil imports from Canada. (MarketWatch)
- Striking Broadway stagehands and producers reach a deal. (WABC)
- Arlington High School (LaGrange, New York) announces that a Columbine-style attack on the school was thwarted by New York State Police, who arrest three students. (Poughkeepsie Journal)
- Google announces plans to invest tens of millions of dollars on renewable energy research, including solar thermal power, wind power and geothermal power. (InfoWorld)
- Ford Motor Company settles class action lawsuits in California, Connecticut, Illinois and Texas over 1991-2001 models of the Ford Explorer. (AP via Google News)
- The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announces that retired United States Marine Corps General James L. Jones will be a special envoy for Middle East security. (Reuters)
- Harry Redknapp, the manager of Portsmouth F.C., is one of five men arrested as part of an ongoing investigation of alleged corruption in British football. (The Times)
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- A female suicide bomber blows herself up outside Sri Lankan Minister's office, killing one and injuring two. (AndhraNews.net)
- The Chinese Type 051B destroyer Shenzhen visits Tokyo in the first visit of a Chinese warship to Japan since World War II. (AP via Google News)
- Authorities in Sudan charge a British school teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum with the crime of insulting Islam for letting students name a teddy bear Muhammad. (AP via Yahoo! News)
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- At least eight football fans die when part of the Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, collapses. (BBC)
- Riots break out in the Villiers-le-Bel and Arnouville suburbs of Paris, France, after a car accident between a police car and a motorbike kills two teenagers. (BBC)
- Syria accepts a United States invitation to participate in the 2007 Mideast peace conference. (BBC)
- Croatia's opposition Social Democrats take a narrow lead on in a close national election, according to exit polls, after a campaign fought over corruption, the economy and future European Union membership. (Reuters)
- A wildfire in Malibu, California, destroys 51 structures, including 49 homes. The fire has also burned 4,720 acres (1,910 hectares) and caused the evacuation of 10,000 people. It is currently 40% contained, being fueled by Santa Ana winds that gusted up to 60 mph (96 kph) on November 24. (Reuters)
- Russia protests of 2007:
- 2007 Pacific typhoon season:
- The bodies of five Singaporeans are found after their dragon boat capsized two days ago at the end of a 1,500-metre Cambodia-ASEAN Traditional Boat Race event during the Bon Om Thook races on the Tonlé Sap in Phnom Penh. 17 other members of the team survived. (CNA)
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
- President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili resigns his position to re-run for the early presidential election scheduled in January 2008. (Civil Georgia)
- Police fire tear gas and chemical-laced water cannon to disperse a rally of approximately 30,000 people organized by HINDRAF in Kuala Lumpur. (Al-Jazeera) (Malaysiakini)
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- United States and Iraqi forces arrest at least 20 suspected militants in Kirkuk, Iraq. (BBC)
- An explosion at a petrol station kills four people and hurts at least 30 in Shanghai, China. (BBC)
- 2007 UK child benefit data scandal: HM Revenue and Customs confirms that a further six data discs have gone missing in transit between its offices in Preston and London. (BBC)
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declares that Poland should concentrate on getting its economy ready for euro-zone entry as quickly as possible rather than setting a concrete target date to adopt the euro. (WSJ via Onet.pl)
- 12 people are killed when a students' union rally turns violent in Guwahati, India. (AndhraNews.net)
- Wildfires in Malibu, California, cause 100 homes in 3 separate communities to be evacuated. 250 acres of state park land burned south of Malibu Lake. (AFP via Google News)
- Typhoon Mitag remains static over the Philippine Sea but changes course, and is expected to make landfall in Aurora-Isabela provinces of the Philippines on Monday due to the very slow and unusual movement. (BBC) (GMANews.tv)
- Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov is arrested during a The Other Russia rally in Moscow. (BBC)
- Pope Benedict XVI creates 23 new cardinals in a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. (BBC)
- At least six people, most of them children, are killed by a suicide bomber in Paghman, Afghanistan. (BBC)
- Australian federal election, 2007:
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency:
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