Hundreds of Thousands March for Independence in Spain's Catalonia Region

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans marched in Barcelona and other Spanish cities Sunday to rally for independence for the country's northeastern region. Catalan police say as many as 800,000 marchers turned out while the Spanish government in Madrid, which is opposed to independence, say the turnout was less than half that number. Calatonia's pro-independence regional government has set the middle of next year as a target for independence from Spain, but has been unable to...

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