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- Spain has dissolved the autonomous Catalan government and charged its members with rebellion and sedition after they declared independence.
- Elections for a new parliament will be held on December 21.
- 92 percent voted to break away from Spain in a referendum on October 1, but only 43 percent of Catalans participated.