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Catalunya Radio fans the flames of the independence movement in Spain

BARCELONA, Spain - Throughout the crisis over the fate of Catalonia, about 600,000 of the 7.5 million people who live there have followed the news in their native language on Catalunya Radio.

Now the hundreds of journalists who work there find themselves in the crosshairs of the northeastern region's showdown with the central government.

In response to Catalonia's drive toward independence, Spain's Senate on Friday is set to approve a plan by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to take over the regional government

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