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Spain warns EU about disinformation campaign on Catalonia
Nov 13, 2017 16:19Spanish authorities have warned European Union members about an alleged large-scale cyber-meddling campaign affecting the country’s volatile region of Catalonia.
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Catalonia’s ex-leader softens tone on secession, says other solutions possible
Nov 13, 2017 11:49Former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, who ran a controversial campaign for independence last month before going to self-imposed exile in Belgium, has softened his tone on the drive, saying he may accept a non-secessionist solution to the crisis sparked by the referendum vote.
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Catalans to rally for release of jailed leaders
Nov 11, 2017 09:50A protest is expected in Barcelona Saturday calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders, the day after pro-independence Catalan parliamentarian Carme Forcadell was freed on bail.
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Sacked Catalan parliament speaker freed on bail
Nov 10, 2017 15:41The sacked speaker of Catalonia's parliament left a prison near Madrid on Friday hours after supporters posted her bail of 150,000 euros ($175,000), ending her brief detention over the region's controversial independence drive.
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Spain: Supreme Court sends Speaker of the Catalan Parliament Forcadell to jail
Nov 10, 2017 03:00The Spanish Supreme Court sentenced the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament Carme Forcadell to prison after a €150,000 (US $174,700) bail was not submitted by her lawyer in Madrid, Thursday (9 Nov. 2017).
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Catalan sacked parliament speaker detained pending bail
Nov 10, 2017 02:36The speaker of Catalonia’s sacked parliament, Carme Forcadell, has been detained over her role in the Spanish region’s secession bid, pending the payment of a 150,000-euro bail.
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Catalonia on standstill amid pro-independence protests
Nov 08, 2017 12:45Catalonia has been brought to a standstill as hundreds of pro-independence protesters blocked the main roads and halted transportation in the Spanish region.
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Iran claims title at IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships
Nov 07, 2017 11:18The Iranian bodybuilding squad has ranked first at the 7th International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Men’s World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships & 12th World Amateur Classic Bodybuilding Championships & IFBB International Congress, and was crowned the champion of the international event.
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Ousted Catalan leader, four ex-ministers due in Belgian Court Nov. 17
Nov 06, 2017 12:43Ousted president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, and four former ministers are due to appear later this month in a Belgian court, which is hearing the case for their extradition, a Spanish judicial source says.
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Sacked Catalan leader Puigdemont, deputies turns self in to Belgian police
Nov 05, 2017 15:44Belgian authorities have in custody the former Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his deputies who escaped Spain following a crackdown to block the independence of the northeastern Spanish region.