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Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote

ThelastinternationalflightleftErbilairportonFridayastheBaghdadgovernmentimposedanairbaninretaliationforanindependencevotebyIraqiKurdsthathasdrawnwidespreadoppos

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Police seize millions of ballots ahead of Catalan vote

PoliceonThursdayseizedmorethansixmillionballotsandenvelopesand100ballotboxesinaCatalantown,inthelatestbidtoblockabannedindependencereferendum,apolicesourcesaid.

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Iraqi Kurds face pressure to reverse independence vote

Over92percentofIraq’sKurdsvoted“yes”inMonday’sindependencevote,accordingtotheresultsannouncedbytheHighElectionsandReferendumCommissiononWednesday.Thereferendum–

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Iraqi PM urges Kurds to 'cancel' referendum result

Iraq'sprimeministerhasdemandedtheKurdistanRegionalGovernment"cancel"theoutcomeofthereferendumonindependencethatitheldonMonday.Haideral-Abadisaidhewould"neverdis

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Iraqi Kurdish leader claims victory in independence referendum

IraqiKurdishleaderMasoudBarzanisaidonTuesdaythatKurdshadvoted“yes”toindependenceinareferendumheldindefianceofthegovernmentinBaghdadandwhichhadangeredtheirneighb

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Opinion: The long and short of Kurdish referendum

Undeterredbystrongoppositionfromseveralquarters,thedecisionbyIraqiKurdstoholdareferendumisacalculatedmovetodeterminetheultimatepoliticalfutureoftheirethniccommu

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Iraq refuses talks with Kurdistan about independence referendum results

TheIraqigovernmentwillnotholdtalkswiththeKurdistanRegionalGovernment(KRG)abouttheresultsofthe“unconstitutional”referendumonindependenceheldonMondayinnorthernIra

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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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Turkey calls for Iraqi Kurdish referendum "completely cancelled"

TurkishDeputyPrimeMinisterandgovernmentspokespersonBekirBozdagsaidearlySaturdaytheIraqiKurdishindependencereferendumshouldbecompletelycancelled,rulingoutanypost

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Protests in Catalonia over crackdown on banned independence vote

DemonstratorshitthestreetsofBarcelonaonFridayforathirddayofprotestsagainsttheSpanishauthorities'crackdownonpreparationsforabannedindependencereferenduminCatalon

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The US warns Kurds no chance of Iraq talks if vote holds

TheUnitedStatesproclaimedonWednesdayitmaynotbeabletohelpIraq'sKurdsnegotiateabetterdealwiththeIraqigovernmentiftheygoaheadwiththeirplannedindependencevote.Iraq'

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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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Iraqi president launches initiative to resolve Kurdish referendum crisis

IraqiPresidentFuadMasumonSaturdaylaunchedaninitiativebetweenthepoliticalleadersinBaghdadandErbiltoresolvethecrisisofholdingreferendumontheindependenceoftheKurdi

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Iraq Kurd MPs reconvenes to vote on independence

TheparliamentofIraq’sautonomousKurdistanregionvotedonFridaytomoveforwardwithaplantoholdareferendumonindependenceonSeptember25.Theimpendingvoteignoresoppositionf

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West warns against ‘very risky’ Kurdish independence vote

WesternpowerspressedIraqiKurdishleaderstoditcha"veryrisky"independencevoteonThursday,asBaghdadattemptedtoremovetheKurdishindependence-supportinggovernorofKirkuk