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Catalonia referendum: Spain apologises to injured Catalans

TheSpanishgovernment'srepresentativeinCataloniahasapologisedtothoseinjuredduringpoliceeffortstostopSunday'sindependencereferendum.ButEnricMilloblamedtheCatalang

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Catalan President: 'We will carry out will of people'

TheCatalanPresidenthassaidhisgovernmentwill"carryoutthewilloftheCatalanpeople"followingtheindependencereferendum.CarlesPuigdemontcriticisedSpain'sKingFelipeVIfo

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Pro-independence Catalans defy King Felipe VI's warning

Pro-independenceCatalanleadersarepressingaheaddespiteanemphaticwarningfromKingFelipeVI.CatalanPresidentCarlesPuigdemonttoldtheBBChewoulddeclareindependence"atth

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Catalonia urges Int'l mediation amid referendum dispute

Catalonia’sleaderonMondaycalledforinternationalmediationandfortheEuropeanUnion“tostoplookingtheotherway”intheregion’sbidtosecedefromSpain,adayafteraviolentcrack

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Catalan referendum: Spain region 'not seeking traumatic split'

CatalanPresidentCarlesPuigdemonthassaidheisnotplanninga"traumatic"splitwithSpain,afteradisputedindependencereferendumonSunday.Hesaidhewantedanewunderstandingwit

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Timeline of recent events in Catalonia's independence drive

AuthoritiesinCataloniawhowanttheirnortheasternregiontoleaveSpainplantoholdaindependencereferendumSunday—avotethatthecentralgovernmentinMadridhasvowedtohalt.Cata

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Arab League chief expressed sorrow over Iraqi Kurdistan referendum

ArabLeague(AL)ChiefAhmadAbulGheitexpressedhissorrowonTuesdayoverholdinganindependencereferendumofIraqiKurdistanregion,theALsaidinastatement.Healsovoiceddeepconc

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Countdown begins to Catalonia independence bid

Barringanunexpecteddevelopment,SpanishandCatalanauthoritiesareheadedforahead-onclashSunday,whentheregionalgovernmentvowstostageabindingreferendumonseparatingfro

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Rouhani, Erdogan discuss Iraqi Kurdish referendum by phone

IranianPresidentHassanRouhaniandhisTurkishcounterpartRecepTayyipErdoganonMondaydiscussedtheIraqiKurdistanindependencereferendumonthephone,stateIRIBTVreported.Th

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Iraq's Kurdistan region holds independence vote

VotersareheadingtothepollsinacontroversialindependencereferendumintheKurdistanRegionofIraq.Iraq'sprimeministerhaswarnedhewilltake"necessarymeasurestopreservethe

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Angry protests in Barcelona as Spain rounds up Catalan officials

ThousandstooktothestreetsofBarcelonaonWednesdayasSpanishpolicedetained13CatalangovernmentofficialsinacrackdownaheadofanindependencereferendumwhichMadridsaysisil

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Iraqi Kurdish referendum must be suspended - Iraqi PM

IraqiPrimeMinisterHaideral-Abadihasformallydemandedthesuspensionofnextweek'sreferendumonKurdishindependence.TheSupremeCourtalsoorderedthatthepollmustbepostponed

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West warns against ‘very risky’ Kurdish independence vote

WesternpowerspressedIraqiKurdishleaderstoditcha"veryrisky"independencevoteonThursday,asBaghdadattemptedtoremovetheKurdishindependence-supportinggovernorofKirkuk

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Spanish PM due in Catalonia after fresh separatist challenge

SpanishPrimeMinisterMarianoRajoywaspoisedFridaytoventureintoseparatistterritory,dueinBarcelonafreshfromyetanotherchallengebyCatalonia'spro-independenceleaderswh

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One million Catalans march for independence on region's national day

UptoamillionCatalanshavegatheredinBarcelonatocallforindependencelessthanthreeweeksbeforetheregionisduetoholdavoteonwhethertobreakawayfromSpain.Forthesixthsucces

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Spanish police raids aim to halt Catalan independence vote

ASpanishjudgeorderedpolicetosearchaprinter'sshopandtwoofficesofaregionalnewspaperinCataloniaaspartofaninvestigationintoallegedpreparationsforanillegalreferendum

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Madrid seeks to block Catalonia independence bid

SpanishPrimeMinisterMarianoRajoyvowedThursdaytoblockanindependencereferenduminCataloniaslatedforOctober1whichhebrandedan"intolerableactofdisobedience".ButCatala