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ANKARA, Turkey – The Istanbul prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation of newspaper editor following the publication of images of truckloads of ammunition, which the paper says proved that a convoy which was stopped on its way to Syria on a Turkish intelligence mission was carrying arms to rebels. The …

BERLIN – Germany’s labor minister is backtracking from a new rule stipulating that old-fashioned jump-on, jump-off elevators can only be used by trained personnel, a restriction that was met with media mockery. The rule came into effect on Monday, effectively barring visitors from riding the so-called paternoster elevators that survive …

Case: Wyeth v. Levine Date: Monday November 3, 2008 Issue: Are states preempted from imposing more stringent labeling requirements than what the FDA imposes on drug manufacturers? Background: This is the second preemption case of the term and the third the Court will hear in less than a year. In …