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CLEAN : Senior separatists held as Madrid piles pressure on Catalonia
A Spanish court orders two powerful Catalan separatists to be detained threatening a further escalation of the political crisis as both sides refused to budge in their high stakes standoff over the region's independence bid
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CLEAN : Catalan leader says guarantees not in place to call elections
Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont says he has considered calling elections in an effort to ease the separatist crisis as Madrid prepares to seize control of the region but has decided there are no guarantees to do so
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CLEAN : Spain's Dastis confident of Puigdemont extradition
Spain's Foreign Minister says he is confident that axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont will be extradited to Spain to face sedition charges over his region's independence drive
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VOICED : Carles Pugdemont se entrega en Belgica con sus consejeros
La fiscalia de Belgica anuncio el domingo que el destituido lider separatista catalan Carles Puigdemont y cuatro de sus exministros se entregaron voluntariamente ante la orden de arresto emitida por Espana
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CLEAN : Spain issues arrest warrant for Catalan leader
People react after a Spanish judge issued a EU arrest warrant Friday for Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont a day after he failed to appear for questioning over his role in the region's tumultuous independence drive
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CLEAN : Several options for Catalan separatists: analyst
Catalonia's republic never materialised and separatist leaders now openly recognise they still have to convince more Catalans over to their side hoping to do so by next month's regional elections
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CLEAN : Belgian prosecutors ask court to extradite Catalan ex-leader
Belgian prosecutors have asked a judge to extradite axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain to face charges of rebellion and sedition over his region's independence drive
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CLEAN : Demonstrators protest in front of the Generalitat in Barcelona
Pro-independence demonstrators rally in front of the Generalitat in Barcelona as people blocked roads and train lines across Catalonia on Wednesday provoking commuter anger in a strike called by a pro independence union after separatist...
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CLEAN : Catalan parliament speaker arrives at court for sedition
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 : Activists block trains in Catalonia strike
Protesters blocked 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 : Sacked Catalan leader turns himself in to Belgian police
Catalonia's sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers have turned themselves in to Belgian police after Spain issued a warrant for their arrest
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CLEAN : Cameroon: reactions after supposed arrest of separatist leaders
After the abduction or arrest of leading members of Cameroon's Anglophone separatist movement in Nigeria on Friday January 5th residents of Cameroon's capital were split on Monday about whether or not the move will bring an end to the...
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CLEAN : Catalan parliament speaker defends Puigdemont as leader
The speaker of Catalonia's parliament defends ousted separatist president Carles Puigdemont as the region's legitimate leader
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CLEAN : Saudi led coalition urges talks among Aden warring sides: 2
The Saudi led Arab coalition on Monday called for the Yemeni government battling southern separatists in the port city of Aden to hold talks on their demands
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CLEAN : Saudi-led coalition urges talks among Aden warring sides
The Saudi-led Arab coalition on Monday called for the Yemeni government battling southern separatists in the port city of Aden to hold talks on their demands
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS of the Yemeni port city of Aden
Clashes erupted in Yemen's temporary capital of Aden on Sunday between the army and forces supporting separatists seeking independence for the south of the country security and medical sources said
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CLEAN : Cameroon anglophone separatist leader extradited from Nigeria
The president of the anglophone separatist movement in Cameroon Sisiku Ayuk Tabe is extradited to Yaounde after he was detained in Nigeria
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CLEAN : Yemen separatists surround Aden presidential palace
Separatists in war ravaged Yemen have surrounded the presidential palace in the government's de facto capital Aden moving closer Tuesday to taking full control of the southern city
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CLEAN : Ousted Catalan leader's comeback bid delayed
Catalonia's parliament speaker Roger Torrent delays a key debate in the regional assembly on ousted separatist leader Carles Puigdemont's bid to form a new government but defends his right to return to power
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CLEAN : Catalan separatists divided as Puigdemont's comeback bid delayed
Divisions in Catalonia's separatist bloc burst into the open after the region's parliamentary speaker postpones a crucial vote to reappoint ousted president Carles Puigdemont
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CLEAN : Catalans divided on Puigdemont investiture vote
A meeting of Catalan parliament scheduled for Tuesday to vote on a bid by the region's fugitive separatist president Carles Puigdemont to form a new government was in doubt after a court ruled he must be present
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CLEAN : Catalans demonstrate outside parliament
Separatists gather outside the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona to protest against the incarceration of pro independence politicians
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CLEAN : Separatist Roger Torrent elected as Catalan parliament speaker
Catalan lawmakers on Wednesday elected a separatist as parliamentary speaker the first stage of a plan by pro independence deputies to get regional leader Carles Puigdemont in self exile in Belgium back into power
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CLEAN : Catalan parliament speaker proposes Puigdemont as president
The speaker of the Catalan parliament proposes the region's ousted leader Carles Puigdemont as president of Catalonia following an election in December in which separatist parties once again won an absolute majority