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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1991

49 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3

Murder shocks Surfers

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 January 1991 · page 3

HOLIDAYMAKERS on the Gold Coast were shocked last week by the brutal murder of a South African Jewish teenager…

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SA murder

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 January 1991 · page 20

WIFE of a prominent South African cantor was murdered in Johannesburg, recently. Barbara Preskow, 41, was shot…

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Vic back in the court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 January 1991 · page 22

VICTORIA ended a two-carnival drought when it won the women’s tennis at the 58th carnival on the Gold Coast last week…

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Hoaxer in court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 February 1991 · page 17

A JEWISH man was released on a promise of good behaviour for making hoax telephone calls to police claiming that a bomb had…

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Police look for Keiron fire clues

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 February 1991 · page 37

INSURERS of a kosher catering venue in Waverley — the Keiron Reception Centre — are offering a reward for information leading…

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Police Go Blue!

Tharunka · Tuesday 26 February 1991 · page 9

One of the best shows in the country has to be that sponsored by…

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National Timor Gap in World Court

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1991 · page 12

The Portuguese Ambassador in Canberra, Jose Luiz Gomes, last week described as "cynical" the attitude of Senator Gareth Evans, Foreign Affairs Minister, to the Timor Gap oil agreement with Indonesia…

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Popular and important novel Still Murder by Finola Moorhead, Penguin Pb $14.95

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1991 · page 8

While Moorhead's previous work is known primarily among the feminist literati, Still Murder will win more…

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Motor-cycle bank robber sentenced

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 14

Tel Aviv: A TEL AVIV District Court judge pronounced a 20-year prison sentence on confessed bank robber Ronnie Leibovitz, whose debonair style and daring motorcycle getaways made him something of a folk hero…

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Yeshiva girls “in court”

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 10

A GROUP of Year 10 students from Yeshiva Girls’ High School spent an informative morning at Waverley Local Court House last…

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Congress calls for Saddam war court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 March 1991 · page 15

Washington: THIRTY MEMBERS of the US House of Representatives have co-sponsored a resolution calling for an…

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Palestinian's life sentence for murder

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 March 1991 · page 12

Jerusalem: A 23-YEAR-OLD Palestinian from the West Bank was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Marnie Kimmelman, a teenage Canadian tourist who died as a result of a bomb explosion on the Tel Aviv beach last July 27. Yasser Higazi, from…

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Canadian court dismisses war crimes

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 March 1991 · page 12

Toronto: CANADIAN JEWISH groups have expressed shock and dismay over the dismissal of charges against suspected war criminal Stephen Reistetter, accused of deporting 3,000 Jews to death camps in his native Czechoslovakia in 1942. The state charged he…

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In Brief Us court rules on religion

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 April 1991 · page 10

Washington: JEWISH groups are disappointed with a Supreme Court ruling exempting US companies abroad…

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Third World Supports First World The Slow Murder of Millions Third World debt, First World Profit

Tharunka · Monday 8 April 1991 · page 10

Imagine if you were really, absolutely festeringly rich, and you loaned…

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Gay Special Feature page U.N.S.W Works With Police Gay and Lesbian Consultant

Tharunka · Monday 8 April 1991 · page 4

Sue Thompson, the Police Services Gay and Lesbian Consultant has been described by both the straight…

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Arab sentenced

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1991 · page 12

Jerusalem: A GAZA Arab who stabbed four Jewish women to death last month in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Yovel neighbourhood was…

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Premier concerned: Police upgrade security

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1991 · page 3

THE NEW South Wales Police have sharply upgraded the security at synagogues, schools and other prominent Jewish…

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Paris court indicts Rene Bousquet for war crimes

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 April 1991 · page 15

Paris: AN 81-YEAR-OLD alleged former Nazi collaborator has been indicted for crimes against humanity. Last week’s ruling by Judge…

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Police re-open Shaki file

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 April 1991 · page 15

Jerusalem: THE POLICE have opened a second investigation into the alleged misuse of funds by Religious Affairs Minister Avner…

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