1. Myanmar's military regime used force to crush anti-government demonstrations in its main city of Yangon and other locations
2. Crude oil prices hit a record high of 99 dollars per barrel in November
3. worldwide worries over the safety of Chinese products
4. subprime housing loans in the United States for low-income earners
5. a South Korean student went on a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech university in the United States, killing 32 people (5th).
6. six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear development program adopted a joint document spelling out their agreements that three North Korean nuclear facilities would be disabled and all of Pyongyang's nuclear development programs would be declared
7. Strong earthquakes hit Indonesia's Sumatra Island, where a major quake claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people in 2004, this time killing more than 80 people
8. Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president of France in May, defeating a female Socialist candidate
9. Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
10. the Taliban abducted in July a group of South Korean church volunteers who were engaged in medical support and other activities (10th).