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Mass rally expected in Barcelona in support of Catalonia independence
Sep 10, 2017 14:27Hundreds of thousands are expected to take to the streets of the Spanish city of Barcelona to declare their support for a planned referendum on Catalonia’s independence from the mainland amid efforts by the central government to block the highly-anticipated vote.
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Spain wildfire forces evacuation of 500 residents
Sep 09, 2017 09:44Authorities in southern Spain say they are fighting a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of 500 residents from at least seven towns in the province of Seville.
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Spain Constitutional Court blocks Catalan law for independence vote
Sep 08, 2017 02:55The Constitutional Court of Spain has blocked Catalonia’s latest stab at secession by suspending a referendum law that the Catalan parliament approved on Wednesday to pave the way for an independence vote on October 1.
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Spain to bring criminal charges against Catalan lawmakers over referendum plan
Sep 07, 2017 13:09Spanish authorities say lawmakers in the regional Catalonia parliament face criminal prosecution after they endorsed a planned referendum on independence of the region.
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Catalonia confirms date for referendum
Sep 07, 2017 08:55The regional government in Spain’s prosperous Catalonia region has officially confirmed October 1 as the date for a referendum for independence in open defiance of Madrid.
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Police in Spain, Morocco dismantle terror cell
Sep 06, 2017 12:24Police in Spain and Morocco have dismantled a suspected terror cell that was planning "large-scale attacks" in the two countries.
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Spain: Catalan MPs agree to vote on independence bill
Sep 06, 2017 12:15Catalonia is expected to pass a law Wednesday laying the groundwork for an independence referendum on October 1 which is fiercely opposed by Madrid, setting a course for Spain's deepest political crisis in decades.
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Spain: Catalonia leader urges opposition to suspension of his duties
Sep 03, 2017 12:27Leader of Spain’s Catalonia region has reiterated that he and other officials would resist efforts by Madrid to hamper a planned referendum on independence, saying pushing him out of office ahead of the vote was something out of speculation.
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Police nab 14, including Brits, over drug trafficking in Spain’s Mallorca
Sep 03, 2017 08:18Spanish police have arrested 14 people, including 12 British nationals, in an operation to bust a drug trafficking ring in a resort town on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
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Spanish archaeologists dig up more civil war dead from mass graves
Aug 30, 2017 13:37Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed more bodies from mass graves dating back to the 1936-1939 civil war and the ensuing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, including some still wearing rotting leather boots.