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October 9, 2017

Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Barcelona Against Catalan Independence
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In Spain, hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Barcelona Sunday in
a massive unity rally opposing independence for the country's Catalonia
region. Organizers said nearly a million people attended the rally,
while Catalan police put the number at 350,000. In either case, the
rally was larger than a mass pro-independence mobilization last week.
The rally came as Catalan leaders claimed about 90 percent of those who
voted in a banned referendum a week ago supported independence. Spain's
government called the independence drive unconstitutional and ordered a
police crackdown on the vote which left about 900 people injured.


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