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Courts & crime, 1985

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World Jewish Scene Uk history text drops ritual murder charges

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 January 1985 · page 7

LONDON: Fontana, the publishers of the history textbook, The Plantagenets, has announced that it will no longer be prepared to keep the book in print as it stands…

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Elle court; elle court; la Rumeur

Le Courrier Australien · Tuesday 15 January 1985 · page 7

PARIS propage, inquiétude, peur ou panique: c'est la rumeur. Elle fait, chaque année, en France, des millions…

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Mayor’s murder serves as‘warning’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 January 1985 · page 11

JERUSALEM: The murder of former Hebron mayor, Fahd Kawasme, in Amman, evidently by Palestinian extremists who support Syria, “ought to…

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BOOKS The political history of the thriller Delightful Murder by Ernest Mandel Pluto Press, 1984. $11.95, 152 pp

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1985 · page 11

In Delightful Murder, Ernest Mandel combines his callings of political analyst and crime story buff to produce…

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Soviet Jew Faces Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 January 1985 · page 9

MOSCOW: Nadezhda Fradkova, 37, a Leningrad linguistics expert, has been jailed for two years for…

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Court told of Nazi ‘rebirth’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 February 1985 · page 11

FRANKFURT: Michael Kuehnen, 29-yearold head of the militant neo-Nazi Action Front of National Socialists on trial here for dissemination of Nazi propaganda, told the…

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LANDRIGHTS High Court decides in favour of SA landrishts

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1985 · page 3

ADELAIDE: Last Thursday, in Canberra, the High Court handed down its decision on the Pitjantjatjara people's appeal…

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Appeal Toast Rookwood stone stealing charge

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 March 1985 · page 3

A charge against a man who allegedly stole a Jewish headstone from Rookwood Cemetery was dismissed at Lidcombe…

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World Jewish Scene Jew admits old Haganah murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 March 1985 · page 11

TEL AVIV: A wealthy Jewish Hong Kong businessman has confessed to committing the first…

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PACIFIC Four charged with gun smuggling

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1985 · page 3

Four French nationals from New Caledonia appeared in a Brisbane court last Wednesday on charges of conspiring to…

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A Day in Court

Tharunka · Tuesday 19 March 1985 · page 5

Dear Eds, First week of term and there I was, sitting in no. 4 Criminal Court, Darlinghurst. Good to be back but…

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WA government investigates police evidence

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1985 · page 23

PERTH: Book burning hasn't been introduced in WA, although some efforts have been made to stop people reading a…

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FASCISTS Police ignore neo-nazi thugs

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1985 · page 3

Three neo-nazis in National Action in Sydney have been responsible for almost all the violence and terrorism directed…

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Fighting cruise on the common and in court

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1985 · page 7

As well as their vigil against the deployment of cruise, the women of Greenham Common have legal irons in the fire…

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Stealing beeldschermen levert geen gevaar op

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 19 April 1985 · page 14

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Volunteers Needed for Court Support Scheme

Tharunka · Tuesday 7 May 1985 · page 14

A new service is operating at Waverley’s Local Court, known as the Court Support Scheme. The C.S.S. also operates in many other Sydney courts and is rapidly expanding into others…

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QUEENSLAND Qld govt plans new conservative assault

Tribune · Wednesday 15 May 1985 · page 4

The Bjelke-Peterseir government seems determined to open as may fronts as possible in its battle with the trade union movement. Statements last week by the Premier and the Minister for Industrial Relations indicate that the…

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KANAKY French settlers murder Kanaks

Tribune · Wednesday 15 May 1985 · page 6

NEW CALEDONIA: Two Kanaks were killed and over 100 wounded in Noumea last Wednesday when ultra-right…

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Two get life for murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 May 1985 · page 4

TEL AVIV. - Gil Ben-Gal and Ronen Shani last week began life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering broker…

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Sex murder of Jewish HK girl

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 May 1985 · page 12

LONDON: The funeral of a British teenager found savagely murdered in Hong Kong took place last week at Bushey Jewish Cemetery…

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