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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.
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Barcelona protesters want release of jailed Catalan leaders
Nov 05, 2017 15:12Hundreds gathered in Barcelona's University Square on Sunday for a rally calling for the release of former Catalan leaders who are being held in Madrid on charges of sedition.
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Belgium examining arrest warrants for Spain’s Puigdemont, his deputies
Nov 05, 2017 12:17Belgian authorities are studying arrest warrants issued by Spain for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his cabinet ministers who fled to Brussels this past week after Spain launched an extraordinary crackdown to block the region's declaration of independence.
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Catalonia's Puigdemont return to Spain could take 3 months: Authorities
Nov 04, 2017 14:34Belgian authorities say it could take three months for deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his associates to be returned to Spain under a European arrest warrant.
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Students block Barcelona motorways to protest Catalan arrests
Nov 03, 2017 15:00Hundreds of students from the University of Barcelona blocked the city's central motorways including AP-7 and B-30 on Friday (3 Nov. 2017), to protest against the imprisonment of former Catalan government vice-president Oriol Junqueras and seven other former Generalitat counsellors.
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Spanish prosecutors seek jail terms for eight former Catalan leaders
Nov 02, 2017 13:36Former leaders of Catalonia’s now-defunct government face jail terms as the Spanish government seeks to assert its rule following a controversial declaration of independence in the northeastern region.