Turkish Journalists' Trial Adjourned

A Turkish judge on Friday adjourned the trial of two journalists facing charges of espionage and aiding a terrorist organization with their reports on alleged government arms smuggling to Syria. Cumhuriyet newspaper editor-in-chief Can Dundar and his Ankara bureau chief, Erdem Gul, could get sentences of life imprisonment if found guilty. Their case, which has generated international interest as a test of press freedom, went to trial Friday but was adjourned until April 1 after opposition...

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