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Courts & crime, 2002

67 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

Terrorists murder four near Hebron

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 2002 · page 13

JERUSALEM — At least two terrorists, wearing IDF uniforms including flak jackets, infiltrated the settlement of Adora near Hebron…

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Mixed messages from police

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 2002 · page 2

BERLIN police are giving mixed messages about whether they are advising Jews to hide their identity to prevent antisemitic attacks. A police spokesperson told an Israeli reporter that…

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Antisemitism case goes to court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 May 2002 · page 1

THE Australian Jewish community’s long-running battle to stop Tasmanian resident Olga Scully distributing antisemitic literature got under way…

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Six soldiers court-martialled for looting

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 May 2002 · page 15

JERUSALEM — The Central Command Military Court has begun court-martial proceedings against at least six soldiers suspected of…

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Feature Reporting to the media American-born Gil Kleiman is the Israel Police force’s first spokesman to the international media — his job being to put out the correct story and defuse tense situations. Miriam Shavlv reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 May 2002 · page 21

WHEN an explosion ripped through Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market recently, Israel Police spokesman for…

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Police sniffer dogs uncover illegal drugs, old shoes, tennis balls

The Chaser · Friday 24 May 2002 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: NSW police have launched a series of raids on nightclubs using sniffer dogs, netting over 50 arrests for…

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Prostitute Reviews Seth Gordon Is taking a well-earned holiday In Thailand, so this week Peter Crown has stepped In and found that reviewing prostitutes Is not as glamorous as he thought. Mel, 19 King's Court, Broadway

The Chaser · Friday 24 May 2002 · page 18

King's Court is widely known as the McDonalds of the massage parlour world. A mass consumer outfit that…

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Three extremists charged

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 May 2002 · page 14

THREE Israeli extremists were charged with attempting to carry out a terrorist attack on an Arab girls’ school in eastern…

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Assault on the truth VIEWPOINT

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 May 2002 · page 20

Polonius: What do you read, my Lord? Hamlet: Words... words... words. Hamlet, Act II, Scene II WORDS! Powerful things,…

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Feature On their guard In the aftermath of Operation Defensive Shield, Israel’s Military Police have to contend with thousands of Palestinian security prisoners. David Brinn explores the tangled relationship between jailers and detainees

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 May 2002 · page 19

THE face looks familiar. It’s more craggy after 12 years of hard living, but it’s him. “Abed!” Boaz shouts at the…

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Gynaecologist murder case

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 June 2002 · page 3

THE arraignment in Buffalo this month of James Kopp, the anti-abortion activist extradited from France on charges that he murdered a local obstetrician-gynaecologist in 1998, has reawakened a quiet debate over the role of…

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Australia, Israel should join international court, says judge

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 June 2002 · page 11

AS debate intensifies over whether Australia should join the International Criminal Court (ICC) to deal with war crimes and crimes…

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Australia races to join International Court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 June 2002 · page 3

THE Holocaust was cited twice in Federal Parliament this week as one of the reasons why Australia should join the International Criminal Court (ICC)…

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Court rejects policeman's confession he framed Mickelberg as 'too unreliable'

The Chaser · Friday 28 June 2002 · page 5

PERTH, Monday: The Western Australian policeman who admitted he lied to get the Mickelberg brothers convicted for…

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Court orders non-unionised worker to pay union for calling him a 'scab'

The Chaser · Friday 28 June 2002 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Non-unionised workers were today asked to contribute part of their wages to unions to cover the costs…

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The Human Dimension a Chaser Series a job you'd kill for Shane Linden has found himself as Australia's provisional baliff for the International Criminal Court - a job which beats the dole queue anyday

The Chaser · Friday 28 June 2002 · page 15

Far too often, the news doesn't give you all the news. Our feature column…

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Israelis wary of International Court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 July 2002 · page 12

JERUSALEM — After championing the creation of an international criminal court for more than 50 years, Israel is concerned it may become…

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Court rejects bid to try Sharon

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 July 2002 · page 3

JERUSALEM — Israeli officials have applauded the decision by a Belgian Appeals Court not to try Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for alleged…

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JN Opinion Why Israel cannot join the world court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 July 2002 · page 16

IT is deeply ironic that the concept of an International Criminal Court was initially proposed in the aftermath of the Holocaust — the attempt to annihilate the Jewish people — yet it is the Jewish state which today finds itself unable and unwilling to ratify the Court…

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Abductors sentenced

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 July 2002 · page 4

NEW YORK—A Pakistani court convicted four Islamic terrorists in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl this week…

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