Hon. Speaker is wrong Why attack judicial activism? From Organiser Legislative to rear up an exploitative pattern of democracy, it is absolutely necessary that the country must have judges who are vigorously independent, conscientious and constructive and who are accountable only to a judicial council comprising men and women of sterling integrity chosen from the higher echelons of the judiciary itself. In a face to face programme at the Kolkata Press Club, on January 30, he went to the extent of accusing judiciary of taking away, undemocratically and...

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Animal Activism Lawsuit Names Previous Student From Daily Nexus The University of California, Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against animal rights activists, including one former UCSB student, for allegedly harassing faculty and administrators associated with animal research. The defendants include groups such as the UCLA Primate Freedom Project, the Animal Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Brigade, as well as several individuals alleged to have connections with these organizations like Linda Faith Greene, Hillary Roney, Ramin Saber, Tim...

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Political activism sweeping area college campuses From Press of Atlantic City But it's not just Obama, or even the Democrats, who are stoking young adults' interest in this election. Students from Rowan University and the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey traveled to New Hampshire to get out the vote for Rudy Giuliani in that state's Republican primary. People ages 18 to 24 account for 55 percent of the 4,030 new voters added to county registration rolls since January 2007. Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has inspired young women to get involved in politics, but...

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How utterly cool is Natalie Portman? From MSNBC MAX NASH / AFP/Getty Images Natalie Portman arrives for the Royal premiere of her latest film, "The Other Boleyn Girl," in London's Leicester Square. Natalie Portman may lose her noggin in "The Other Boleyn Girl," but in real life the 26-year-old has a very good head on her shoulders. In an age of starlets gone wild - and the pursuit of same by the insatiable scandal-sheet press corps - Portman has risen to the top of her profession with smarts and class. But even actresses who aren't...

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Some elders may struggle to trust Generation Q From InsideVandy Friedman wrote in his Oct. 10, 2007, column titled "Generation Q" that he is impressed but confused by Generation Q because they are "much more optimistic and idealistic than they should be. "The younger generation has to earn the trust of their predecessors' generation solely because of how hard it was (for them) to getwhat they wanted," Turner said. "(In order to trust the younger generation, theelders) need to know that the younger generation has the mettle (to carry the baton)."...

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