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Timeline of recent events in Catalonia's independence drive

AuthoritiesinCataloniawhowanttheirnortheasternregiontoleaveSpainplantoholdaindependencereferendumSunday—avotethatthecentralgovernmentinMadridhasvowedtohalt.Cata

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Police seize millions of ballots ahead of Catalan vote

PoliceonThursdayseizedmorethansixmillionballotsandenvelopesand100ballotboxesinaCatalantown,inthelatestbidtoblockabannedindependencereferendum,apolicesourcesaid.

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Infantino elected as new President of FIFA

FIFA's member associations Friday elected Gianni Infantino to succeed Sepp Blatter as the new President of FIFA since 1998.

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Doubts raised on whether new Afghan president can be sworn in Sept. 2

​There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.

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Doubts raised on whether new Afghan president can be sworn in Sept. 2

​There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.

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Indonesia deploys police, troops to safeguard upcoming elections

Indonesia, due to hold parliamentary election on Wednesday, has deployed hundreds thousands of police and tens thousands of troops to guard against possible public disorder in the country's upcoming elections.