A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least six people and wounded some 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the minority Muslim sect observes the annual Ashoura holiday. Spain's Catalonia set to vote in separatists
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Spain’s Catalans, angry over rising unemployment and persistent recession, were expected to deliver their separatist leader a mandate in Sunday’s regional vote to press for secession. Opinion polls show two-thirds of voters will vote for parties that want Catalan independence, and the election may therefore provoke a constitutional crisis over the legality of a referendum on independence. Pro-independence flags, a star against red and yellow stripes, hung over balconies all over Barcelona, its capital city. …
Canadian football fans descend into Toronto for historic 100th Grey Cup game
TORONTO – An epic battle between east and west is set to unfold in Canada’s largest city Sunday, as the Toronto Argonauts face off with the Calgary Stampeders for the 2012 Grey Cup championship title.
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