Sunday, November 25, 2012

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Spain's Catalonia region votes; move for independence remains major debate
CNN International     - ‎1 hour ago‎   
   
   
   
Madrid (CNN) -- The northeast Spanish region of Buy Cheap but good watches Catalonia is voting for president and a regional parliament Sunday in elections considered a barometer of rising independence sentiment.
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Catalonia independence timetable: 'Once it has started it cannot stop'
The Guardian (blog)     - ‎Nov 24, 2012‎   
   
   
   
After the dust settles from Sunday's elections, widely forecast to return a pro-independence majority to the regional parliament, where does Catalonia go? Angels Folch, a national co-ordinator of the hugely effective Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC ...
Catalonia Independence Dream, Never So Close to Reality
Fox News     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
GIRONA, Spain - Catalonia, the autonomous community of Spain, holds elections on Sunday that will be seen as a test of the regional government's plans to hold a referendum on independence, and one of the key issues emerging is the theoretical place of ...
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Catalonia tales: 'Spain is like a father forbidding his son from leaving home'
The Guardian (blog)     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
Catalonia, Nuria says, is "not asking for the moon. We just want a referendum. This is supposed to be a democratic country.
   
Catalonia prepares itself for a vote against Spain
Telegraph.co.uk     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
Something is missing at the top of the flagpole which buy decent gardening tool stands outside the town hall in Arenys de Munt. Despite a law requiring it, the red and yellow of la Rojigualda - Spain's national ensign - is nowhere to be seen.
   
Catalonia tales: 'read the press in Madrid to see what Spain thinks of us'
The Guardian (blog)     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
It's enough! Our economic claims are obvious but above of all, it's about respect. I want independence for Catalonia because I am fed up of being offended by Madrid; because I want my culture and language to be respected as I try to respect any other ...
   
Catalonia's independence fever and federal Spain
euronews     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
Spain has 17 autonomous regions, and Catalonia is one of the richest. Its 7.5 million people are fiercely proud of their own Catalan language.
   
Catalonian vote will decide future of Spain
Scotsman (blog)     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
SPAIN'S rich but fiscally challenged region of Catalonia votes for a new government tomorrow in an election that could result in a constitutional crisis over a resurgent breakaway movement.
   
Catalonia: 'A country can exist quite happily without a state of its own'
The Guardian     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
My first few evenings in Catalonia, back in the late 1970s, were a little disconcerting. As an unworldly young Brit I had trouble getting down the starter of saltfish salad, called esqueixada, and the main courses were often a weird local combination ...
   
Catalonia tales: 'Independence began as something small in my heart'
The Guardian     - ‎Nov 23, 2012‎   
   
   
   
For Marta Masats, as for many here, Catalonian buy multivitamin for pet independence has not been the goal of a lifetime. The fervour that brought 1.5m people on to the streets in September and looks set to return a pro-independence majority to the regional parliament on ...
   
Spain: Catalonian independence referendum set for Sunday