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Spanish govt pardons jailed Catalan separatist leaders

The Spanish government on Tuesday pardoned nine Catalan political leaders jailed for their roles in organizing Catalonia's independence referendum in October 2017 and the subsequent declaration of in

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Ireland to hold referendum on abortion in May

AreferendumonabortionlawsinIrelandwillbeheldattheendofMay,PrimeMinisterLeoVaradkarhasannounced.DescribedbyMrVaradkarasa"difficultdecisionfortheIrishpeopletomake

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Irish PM to campaign to ease abortion laws in referendum

TheprimeministerofIrelandsaidSaturdayhewillcampaignforaliberalizationofthecountry'sstrictabortionlawsinanupcomingreferendumonthedivisiveissue.LeoVaradkarsaidheh

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Spain spent £77m on extra police to quash Catalan independence movement

Spain’sInteriorMinisterhasrevealedthatthespecialdeploymentofthousandsofCivilGuardsandstatepoliceinCatalonialastautumntostopabannedreferendumonindependenceultima

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Nigel Farage backs fresh Brexit referendum to 'kill off' issue

NigelFaragehasproposedasecondreferendumonleavingtheEUtosettletheissueforageneration,ashebelievestheresultwouldbethesameagain.TheformerUkipleadersuggestedanother

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Jailed activist: Catalan vote lacked validity

LawyersforajailedactivistoftheCatalanindependencemovementsayhehasadmittedthattheregion'sOct.1referendumonwhethertosplitfromSpainlackedlegalvalidity.Ex-NationalC

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Iraqi Federal Court rules Kurdish referendum unconstitutional

Iraq’sSupremeFederalCourtruledonMondaythatareferendumheldonKurdishindependencewasunconstitutionalandthattheresultsofthevotewerevoid,acourtspokesmansaid.Kurdsvot

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More than 1,500 companies leave Spain's Catalonia

Over1,501companieshaveleftSpain'snortheasternregionofCataloniaamidfearsoftheregion'sindependencefromSpain,localmediareportedrecently,citingsourcesfromtheCollege

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Baghdad says Erbil must abide by Iraq's sovereignty, unity before talks

TheIraqigovernmentonSundayreiterateditsstancethattheKurdishsemi-autonomousregionmustrecognizeIraq'snationalsovereigntyandabidesbypreservingitsunitybeforeanytalk

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Iraq court orders arrest of Kurd independence vote organisers

AnIraqicourtonWednesdayorderedthearrestofseniorKurdishofficialsresponsiblefororganisinganindependencereferendum,inthelatestsalvobythecentralauthoritiesoverthedi

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Iraqi PM predicts full defeat of IS in Iraq in 2017

TheIraqiPrimeMinisterHaideral-AbadionTuesdayexpectedtheIslamicState(IS)militantsinIraqtobecompletelydefeatedthisyear.Inatelevisedpressconferenceafterhisweeklyca

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Spain Catalonia: France snubs independence bid

TheFrenchgovernmenthassaiditwillnotrecogniseCataloniaifitdeclaresindependencefromSpainandsuchamovewillmeanexpulsionfromtheEU.EuropeanAffairsMinisterNathalieLois

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Iraq rejects talks with Kurdistan unless referendum results cancelled

TheIraqigovernmentonMondaysaiditwillnotholdtalkswiththeKurdistanRegionalGovernment(KRG)untilthelattercancelstheresultsofthecontroversialindependencereferendum."

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Catalonia referendum: 90% of voters back independence

Preliminaryresultsshowthat90%ofthosewhovotedinCatalonia'sindependencereferendumbackedleavingSpain,Catalanofficialssay.Catalonia'sgovernmentsaidthatofthe2.2mvote

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Catalan referendum: Activists occupy school ahead of vote

Morethan160schoolsinCataloniahavebeenoccupiedbyactiviststryingtokeepthemopenaheadoftheregion'sbannedindependencereferendum,Spain'scentralgovernmentsays.Policevi

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Catalan fights Madrid for autonomy referendum

ThepeopleofCatalonia,anautonomousregioninsoutheastSpain,arescheduledtovoteonanindependencereferendumonOctober1,decidingwhethertostayinSpainorbecomeanindependent

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Tillerson: US does not recognize Kurdish independence vote in Iraq

TheUnitedStatesdoesnotrecognizetheindependencereferenduminIraqiKurdistanandurgesanendto“threatsofreciprocalactions,”USSecretaryofStateRexTillersonsaidinastateme