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      Pro-independence supporters hold a Catalan flag during a meeting organized by the Catalonia National Assembly at a polling station in Barcelona on November 9, 2014.

      Catalonia Overwhelmingly Voices Desire for Independence

      More than 80 percent of voters approve non-binding declaration

      Jon Queally
      Nov 10, 2014

      Voters in Catalonia on Sunday proved overwhelmingly in favor of claiming their independence from Spain with more than 80 percent of those who turned out for the non-binding resolution declaring their desire to separate themselves formally from Spain.

      Though a Spanish court declared the vote invalid even before it took place, proponents of the referendum in the autonomous north-east region declared the vote a great success and said it proves that a full and binding election on indepence should now take place.

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