Activist Loses Eye

An American activist lost an eye and sustained head injuries after being shot in the face with a tear gas canister while demonstrating in the West Bank against Israel's attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. Israeli troops fired the canister at close range at Emily Henochowicz, a New York art student. "They clearly saw us," said Sören Johanssen of the International Solidarity Movement.

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Court on Miranda: Who's On First?

In a decision worthy of these guys, the Supreme Court has trimmed the key Miranda protections, ruling 5-4 that suspects must tell police they want to remain silent, instead of just being silent. To the White House: Surely it's past time to shift the balance of the Court. "Criminal suspects must now unambiguously invoke their right to remain silent - which counterintuitively, requires them to speak. At the same time, suspects will be legally presumed to have waived their rights even if they have given no clear expression of their intent to do so." - Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who voted against the ruling.

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