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Turkey's AK Party escapes ban

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Judges at Turkey's Constitutional Court have voted not to ban the ruling AK Party, accused of undermining the country's secular system.

But financial sanctions imposed on the party were described by court President Hasim Kilic as a "serious warning". Sarah Rainsford reports from Ankara.

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