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    • Media advisory - AbitibiBowater to hold investor conference call on 30-day review
          ABH (TSX, NYSE)
      
          MONTREAL, Nov. 29 /CNW Telbec/ - AbitibiBowater Inc. will host a
      conference call to discuss the results of the previously announced 30-Day
      Review today at 4:30 PM (Eastern). Participants will include John W. Weaver,
      Executive Chairman, and David J. Paterson, President and Chief Executive
      Officer. A press release will be issued at 4:00 PM Eastern, detailing the
      outcome of the review.
      
          Who:              AbitibiBowater Inc.
      
          What:             30-Day Review
      
          When:             Thursday, November 29, 2007, at 4:30 PM (Eastern)
      
          Conference Call:  Dial 1-866-898-9626 or 514-868-1042 fifteen minutes
                            before the beginning of the call, which will be webcast
                            at www.abitibibowater.com, under the "Investors"
                            section.
      
          AbitibiBowater produces a wide range of newsprint and commercial printing
      papers, market pulp and wood products. It is the eighth largest publicly
      traded pulp and paper manufacturer in the world. Following the required
      divestiture agreed to with the U.S. Department of Justice, AbitibiBowater will
      own or operate 31 pulp and paper facilities and 35 wood products facilities
      located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea.
      Marketing its products in more than 80 countries, the Company is also among
      the world's largest recyclers of newspapers and magazines, and has more
      third-party certified sustainable forest land than any other company in the
      world. The Company's shares trade under the stock symbol ABH on both the New
      York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

      For further information: Duane A. Owens, Vice President and Treasurer,
      (864) 282-9488