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October 3, 2017

Spain: Mass Protests Continue as EU Rejects Catalan Independence Vote
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In Spain's Catalonia region, pro-independence groups have called a
general strike today after police raided polling stations and beat
protesters and prospective voters Sunday during an outlawed independence
referendum. The violence injured more than 800 and led to mass protests
Monday outside police stations across the region. Spain has called the
referendum illegal and illegitimate, and on Monday the European
Commission agreed, saying if Catalonia does become independent, it will
be "outside the European Union."


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