August 27, 2005 (Saturday)
- Over 30 are injured in a bomb blast on a ferry at Lamitan, Basilan, Philippines, a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf group. (BBC)
- Muhammad Deif, the Hamas leader who heads Israel's most wanted list, releases a video taunting Israel. (BBC)
- Nearly 1,000 detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison are released this week at the request of the Iraqi Government, the largest number of prisoners freed since the start of the war.
- The All Blacks win the tri nations with a nail biting win over the Springboks 31-27 in Dunedin.
(CNN)
- Actor Robert Downey Jr marries film producer Susan Levin in a Jewish ceremony at Amagansett, New York.
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