World Roundup: Turkey Shelves Disputed Education Measure; Iran Commutes Professor's Death Sentence

By BURTON BOLLAG

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey indicated on Tuesday that his government would shelve a controversial bill that would have ended discrimination against graduates of state-run religious high schools in applying for university admission.

The bill was adopted last...

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