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Crisis Cools as Court Nulls Vote  The country's high court rules
a parliament vote for president was unconstitutional, triggering
early general elections but angering the Prime Minister  A
Tuesday high court ruling has eased tensions surrounding
presidential elections in Turkey and made a military
intervention unlikely. Still, the secularists remain worried
that political Islam is gaining too much power in the country.
And Prime Minister Erdogan is unhappy.  The climax of the
political crisis in Turkey -- pitting the Islamic-rooted
government against the secular elite backed by the military --
was hard to miss. Following a massive Sunday demonstration which
saw a million pro-secularists