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/ 1 September 2005

Good start for Goosen in Beijing

World number five Retief Goosen blazed a first-round 64 to stamp his authority on the Volkswagen Masters-China golf tournament in Beijing on Thursday. Two eagles and five birdies against one bogey put the South African on top of the leader board at eight under par, two shots ahead of Canada’s Darren Griff.

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/ 1 September 2005

Disturbing day for Bafana Bafana

It was not the kind of drama that Bafana Bafana needed on Wednesday as the South African contingent completed an initial period of preparation for the fateful World Cup qualifying game against Burkina Faso in Bremen, Germany and embarked on a five-hour chartered flight to Ouagadougou.

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/ 1 September 2005

Kashmiri women crack down on vice

Groups of women wearing burkas in Indian Kashmir have raided brothels, smashed wine bottles and chastised canoodling teenagers in internet cafés to ”arrest moral degradation”. The women are all members of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the People), a separatist group.

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/ 1 September 2005

Wind whips women to US Open wins

Leading women, including Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters, overcame a swirling, capricious wind on Wednesday to blow into the third round of the ,75-million United States Open. The men’s second seed, Rafael Nadal, successfully translated his power game to the hard court.