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Spanish judge orders custody for Catalan leaders pending trial
A Spanish judge ordered nine Catalan secessionist leaders to be held in custody on Thursday pending a potential trial over the region's independence push.
Fri Nov 03 2017
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Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favoured mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spain's central government had rejected this.
Thu Oct 05 2017