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Spain's Catalonia to hold regional vote Sept 27 amid independence drive


    MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia's two main parties on Wednesday agreed to hold early elections in the northeastern Spanish region, the head of the regional government Artur Mas told a news conference, a vote they want to use as a proxy for a referendum on independence.

    Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia said the vote would take place on September 27, a date which Mas later confirmed.

    (Reporting By Elisabeth O'Leary; Editing by Robert Hetz)