August 23, 2005
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- At least 41 die when TANS Peru Flight 204, a Boeing 737-200, crashes near Pucallpa, Peru, with 100 on board. It was the fifth major airline accident this month. (Reuters), (BBC), (CNN).
- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan visits Zinder, Niger, which is affected by a regional food crisis in West Africa. (Guardian), (BBC), (CNN), (Reuters)
- Israel completes the unilateral disengagement from all settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank. (Reuters), (BBC), (Haaretz)
- Canada has sent 2 Kingston-class warships to the north Arctic port of Churchill, Manitoba following a territorial dispute with Denmark regarding Hans Island. (BBC)
- Christian religious leader Pat Robertson, a televangelist and former candidate for President of the United States, calls on the U.S. to kill Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela.(Yahoo! News) (BBC) (ABC)
