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October 4, 2017

Spain: Hundreds of Thousands Join Catalan Independence Protests
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In Spain, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of cities
throughout the Catalonia region Tuesday, joining a general strike aimed
at protesting police violence last Sunday against prospective voters in
a banned independence referendum. Catalan regional President Carles
Puigdemont said he was preparing a major address from Barcelona later
today, vowing to declare independence from Spain within the coming days.
The protests came as King Felipe VI lashed out against the Catalan
independence movement in a televised national address.


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