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CLEAN : Catalonia's leader arrives for mass rally
Catalonia's separatist president Carles Puigdemont arrives at a mass rally where hundreds of thousands of independence supporters protested in Barcelona on Saturday shouting freedom and independence after Madrid announced drastic...
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CLEAN : Independence supporters in Barcelona cheer after vote
Tens of thousands of independence supporters massed near the Catalan parliament cheered with joy Friday after majority separatist lawmakers voted to declare independence from Spain and proclaim a republic
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CLEAN : Spanish Senate meets ahead of vote on Catalonia's autonomy
The Spanish Senate meets in Madrid on the eve of a crucial vote on Catalonia's autonomy as Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says he won't call elections to ease separatist crisis
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CLEAN : Catalonia: separatists celebrate on Sant Jaume square (2)
Tens of thousands of independence supporters massed near the Catalan parliament cheered with joy Friday after majority separatist lawmakers voted to declare independence from Spain and proclaim a republic
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CLEAN : Barcelona's Generalitat as city awaits news on Puigdemont
Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont flew to Belgium on Monday where he sought legal advice and spoke to a lawyer who has worked on asylum cases while prosecutors in Spain demand he be charged with rebellion
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CLEAN : Carles Puigdemont picture still hanging in Generalitat
Catalonia's axed separatist leader said Tuesday that he would stay put in Brussels after being dismissed by the Spanish government but denied he would seek asylum to avoid possible rebellion charges
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CLEAN : Catalan parliament speaker arrives at court on sedition charge
The speaker of the Catalan parliament arrives to appear before a Spanish court accused of sedition for declaring independence after a union strike over the detention of separatist leaders disrupted the region
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CLEAN : Barcelona: Demonstration by pro-indepence protesters
Protesters blocked roads and train lines across Catalonia on Wednesday provoking commuter anger in a strike called by a pro independence union after separatist leaders were detained in Madrid over their divisive secession drive
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CLEAN : Students occupy train tracks in Barcelona's Sants station
Students occupy Barcelona's Sants railway station as part of a region wide strike called by a pro independence group after several separatist leaders were detained in Madrid over their divisive secession drive
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CLEAN : Barcelona: seperatists protest over jailed Catalan leaders
Catalan separatists gather for mass protests against the jailing of regional officials in their push for independence from Spain which has left the country mired in a political crisis
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CLEAN : FILE: Ukraine jails alleged Russian soldier for fighting in east
Ukraine has sentenced an alleged Russian soldier to 10 years in prison on charges he fought against the Ukrainian army in the country's separatist east his lawyer told AFP Friday
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CLEAN : Protesters gather in Barcelona as Puigdemont vote postponed
Catalonia is plunged into further uncertainty as the region's parliamentary speaker postpones a crucial vote to reappoint ousted separatist president Carles Puigdemont but vows to have him reinstated at a later date
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CLEAN : Seperatists clash with Yemen government forces
Yemen's government accused southern separatists of an attempted coup on Sunday after they took over its headquarters amid fierce clashes in the city of Aden
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CLEAN : Protests against adjournment of Puigdemont's inauguration
Divisions in the separatist ranks in Catalonia come to light after the Catalan parliamentary speaker a separatist decided to adjourn Carles Puigdemont's inauguration deemed illegal by the Constitutional Court
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CLEAN : Jordi Turull arrives at Catalan Parliament for vote
Catalonia's parliament is to hold a debate and vote on a new candidate for regional president Jordi Turull who risks being disqualified from holding office over his role in the region's separatist drive
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CLEAN : Protests in Barcelona after ex Catalan leader Puigdemont arrest
Thousands of people many carrying Catalan separatist flags are demonstrating in Barcelona on Sunday after German police arrested Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont according to an AFP reporter on the scene
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CLEAN : File images of detention center where Puigdemont could be held
German police on Sunday arrested Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont as he crossed the border with Denmark by car after Spain's Supreme Court vowed to prosecute key separatists over their breakaway bid
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CLEAN : Clashes in Catalonia after Puigdemont arrested in
Thousands of Catalan separatists face off with police on Sunday following the arrest in Germany of Catalonia's former president five months after he fled Spain
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CLEAN : Fate of jailed Catalan leaders to be decided Monday
After questioning 10 Catalan separatist leaders a Spanish Supreme Court judge says he will decide Monday whether or not to release the leaders who were jailed pending a probe into their role in Catalonia's independence drive
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CLEAN : Outside court ahead of Puigdemont's extradition hearing
Axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont faces an extradition hearing in Belgium as Spain seeks to have him sent back to face sedition charges over his region's independence drive
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CLEAN : Armoured columns head to Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk
Several columns of heavy armour on Monday headed through rebel territory to the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine an AFP journalist said as fears mounted of a return to all out fighting (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Negotiators arrive in Minsk for talks on Ukraine crisis
Negotiators from Ukraine and separatist rebels from the east arrived for talks with international mediators and officials from Russia on Wednesday in the Belarussian capital Minsk to discuss the battered truce and a convoluted political...
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CLEAN : The 15 year anniversary of the Beslan school siege is commemorated
People gather to commemorate 15 years Chechen separatists took more than 1,000 children teachers and parents hostage at a school (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Catalans vote in crucial poll over independence
Catalans vote in an election seen as crucial for Spains future with opinion polls pointing to a win by separatists who vow to declare the region independent by 2017 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)