With tensions running high in Spain, the crisis in Catalonia has been given an animated filmed satirical treatment with Spanish riot police violently attacking Barcelona soccer players in a spoof El Clasico game as the Catalan club plays its fierce rival Real Madrid.
Barca and Real rivalry satirized amid Catalonia crisis
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2 gay Iraqi soldiers found love amid war. Then the death threats started
Each night, when the guns fell silent in Iraq, Btoo Allami would invite his friend Nayyef Hrebid over for dinner.
2 gay Iraqi soldiers found love amid war. Then the death threats started
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Prime minister mulls suspending Catalonia autonomy
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Prime minister mulls suspending Catalonia autonomy
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will consider taking the dramatic measure of suspending Catalonia’s autonomous status, as the region’s leaders escalate threats to declare independence from the country.
The Catalans who oppose a split from Spain
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The Catalans who oppose a split from Spain
The Catalan government says 90% of voters in the banned independence referendum chose to split from Spain. In the aftermath of the vote, 700,000 people demonstrated against police violence on referendum day. The region is awash in displays of the Catalan flag.
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Catalan independence supporters see brighter future alone
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have taken to the streets since last weekend’s bitterly contested independence referendum to voice their support for a split from Spain.