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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.
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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.