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Israel denies involvement in Iraqi Kurdistan referendum
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 2 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuffed the claims by the Turkish Government of Israeli involvement in the Kurdish referendum in Iraq.
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Catalonia votes to split from Spain amid violent crackdowns
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], October 2 (ANI): The Catalan government claimed victory early Monday in a contested referendum on independence from Spain.
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337 injured during Catalan independence referendum vote
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct 1(ANI): As many as 337 people have been injured, some seriously, after Spanish police in riot gear cracked down on voters by firing rubber bullets and stormed polling stations to confiscate ballot boxes to halt the Catalonia independence referendum.
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Kurdish referendum conspiracy of US-Israel to divide Middle East: Sayyed H
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Oct1 (ANI): Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned that the recent Kurdish independence referendum is a conspiracy of Israel and its ally U.S. to "open the door of partition" in the Middle East.
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Barcelona mayor calls on Spanish PM to resign amid Catalonia referendum
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct 1(ANI): Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau has called on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign amid the Catalonia's independence referendum which begun today with clashes occurring as police attempted to prevent voting from taking place.
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Catalonia referendum gets underway amid Spain crackdown
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Catalonia [Spain], Oct 1 (ANI): Catalonia's independence referendum is underway in the towns and cities across the northeastern region, with the Spanish security forces entering many sites and attempting to confiscate ballot boxes.
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Erbil urges Baghdad, U.N. to lift air embargo
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 1 (ANI): Northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has called on the United Nations and the federal government in Baghdad to lift an air embargo imposed on the region following this week's controversial independence referendum.
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Tensions run high as Catalonia prepares for disputed independence vote
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Catalonia [Spain], October 1 (ANI): Multitudes of supporters of Catalan independence maintained their standoff with the Spanish government on Saturday as they prepared to hold a fiercely disputed referendum.
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Kurds vote in favour of independence from Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Irbil [Iraq], September 28 (ANI): Iraqi Kurds have voted overwhelmingly in favour of declaring independence from Iraq in a historic referendum.
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Baghdad orders Kurdish region to hand over borders, ports ahead of referen
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 25 (ANI): Hours before the Kurds get ready to carry out a controversial referendum, Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, according to a loc
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Over 90 per cent Baloch willing to vote for 'freedom', says Khan of Kalat
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 19 (ANI): Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, the 35th Khan of Kalat who is currently in self-exile has claimed that if referendum is being carried out in Balochistan, over 90 percent of the locals will vote in favour of freedom.
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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 13 (ANI): The Iraqi Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against the independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders on September 25 and called on the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to negotiate with them for the unity of the country.
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