MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia's regional government said on Tuesday it would temporarily suspend campaigning for a vote on independence from Spain, after Madrid filed a legal block to the referendum.
Spain's central government argues that the vote, called by Catalan leader Artur Mas for Nov. 9, would breach the country's rule of law because it would be held in Catalonia alone, rather than in the whole of Spain.
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