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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 2000

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

Court's “cult” ruling overturned

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 January 2000 · page 8

ROME: An Italian appeals court has annulled a controversial lower court ruling that granted custody of two Israeli girls to their non-observant father rather than…

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International Police investigate Weizman

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 January 2000 · page 7

JERUSALEM: A special police team set up to examine material relating to cash gifts given to President Ezer Weizman by millionaire Edouard Seroussi has started to review…

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Police raids uncover One Nation people-smuggling

The Chaser · Wednesday 26 January 2000 · page 3

In a surprising turn of events, police have discovered that the Brisbane office of the One Nation Party has been used as a hideaway…

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Robertson blasts Israel over International Court Canberra File

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 January 2000 · page 6

HIGH-PROFILE Australian human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC has delivered a withering attack on Israel over its opposition to the establishment of an…

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Police widen probe to include Barak, Sharon, Netanyahu and five parties

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 February 2000 · page 1

JERUSALEM: Five teams of Israeli police have launched widespread criminal investigations into massive funding violations in last year’s…

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Dr Death to appeal conviction: "Murder, yeah fine, but I'm no fraud"

The Chaser · Friday 11 February 2000 · page 4

TYBURN, Tuesday: Harold Shipman, the British doctor convicted of murdering 15 patients, and who is believed to have killed…

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Learning a lesson of reconcilation Steve Biko was destined to be a leader of South Africa — but he was killed by the security police. His partner was Mamphela Ramphele, a black rights activist who became a doctor, social anthropologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and from May 1, a managing director of the World Bank. In Sydney on a brief visit, she told Vic Alhadeff that Australia can learn much from South Africa’s experience of reconciliation with the past

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 February 2000 · page 9

DR Mamphela Ramphele is the face of the old and the new South Africa. The initial phase of her lifestory is a microcosm of the struggle for political and social…

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Police reclaim the word "Pig"

The Chaser · Tuesday 22 February 2000 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: After decides of being denigrated and labelled "pigs", the NSW Police Service today announced it…

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Sagem obtient un contrat avec la police australienne

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 1 March 2000 · page 19

Sagem a été retenu par le ministère australien de la justice pour fournir à la police du pays un système nouvelle génération d'identification automatique d'empreintes palmaires et digitales. Ce système, mis en service au deuxième semestre 2000, sera dix fois…

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Minister steps aside over sex assault charge

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 March 2000 · page 14

JERUSALEM: Israeli Transport Minister Yitzhak Mordechai has gone on leave after one of his staff complained to the police that he had sexually harassed her…

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Kalejs: “Proved in a US court”

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 March 2000 · page 10

AMERICA’S top Nazi-hunter, Eli Rosenbaum, has no doubt that Konrad Kalejs is a war criminal, and believes there is “real possibility” that Latvia will soon seek his extradition for war…

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Court told of threat to blow up Israeli team

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 March 2000 · page 6

A SYDNEY man charged with a $100 million extortion attempt had threatened to bomb September’s Olympic Games opening ceremony and to blow up aircraft carrying Israeli,…

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World Court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 March 2000 · page 14

NEW YORK: An Auschwitz survivor has been elected to be a judge on the UN World Court. Thomas Buergenthal, a Professor of Law at George Washington University and a member…

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Police expected to charge ninister, but not Priesident

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 April 2000 · page 15

JERUSALEM: Police are expected to recommend that Transport Minister Yitzhak Mordechai be charged with sexual assault, according to media…

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NT Govt honours then buries youth who resisted stealing

The Chaser · Wednesday 19 April 2000 · page 4

DARWIN, Wednesday: The battle over mandatory sentencing rules continued today despite the partial deal between Northern Territory…

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High Court makes change for the pokies

The Chaser · Wednesday 19 April 2000 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Ending the right of registered clubs to install new poker machines infringed the traditional gouging rights' of indigenous Australian licensed premises and was potentially…

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Minister should face charges for three sex offences, say police

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 April 2000 · page 11

JERUSALEM: Israeli police have recommended that Transport Minister Yitzhak Mordechai be charged with three counts of sexual assault. Mordechai, who took voluntary leave from…

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Court rejects family's appeal

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 April 2000 · page 12

JERUSALEM: The High Court of Justice has rejected a petition submitted by the family of missing Israeli airman against the release of 13 Lebanese prisoners from Israeli prisons…

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April: Police probes

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 May 2000 · page 3

Police recommend that Binyamin Netanyahu (right) be charged with accepting a bribe, breach of the public trust, fraud and obstruction of justice and that Transport Minister Yitzhak Mordechai be…

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“The Jewish community should be proud of Sallie-Anne Huckstepp” Sallie-Anne Huckstepp achieved notoriety as the heroin addict and prostitute who spoke out against police corruption, and was found murdered in Centennial Park in 1986. Few people knew of her Jewish background. A new book seeks to set the record straight. Shira Sebban reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 May 2000 · page 7

THE Jewish community should be proud of Sallie-Anne Huckstepp for speaking out against police corruption. ‘Many people thought she was bringing a slur…

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