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Catalonia Defies Madrid
Catalonia presses ahead with independence referendum; an exhibition of opera in London
The authorities in the Spanish region of Catalonia are pressing ahead with an independence referendum, in defiance of the central government and the constitutional court; an exhibition of opera opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
(Image: Catalan police enter a polling station in Figueras on the day of a referendum. Credit: Getty Images)
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