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Reuters | @@justearthnews | 05 Oct 2017

Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain after holding a banned referendum, pushing the European Union nation towards a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports.