Portal:Current events/2007 November 28
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November 28, 2007 (Wednesday)
- 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:
- The President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of the Pakistan Army. (Fox News)
- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani succeeds Musharraf as the 14th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army.
- A suicide bomber blows herself up outside Sri Lankan Minister's office, killing one and injuring two.
- 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)