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The protesters rallied in central Barcelona, waving Spanish and Catalan flags and banners saying "Catalonia is Spain" and "Together we are stronger," as politicians on both sides hardened their positions in the country's worst political crisis for decades.


Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Saturday he would not rule out removing Catalonia's government and calling a fresh local election if it claimed independence, as well as suspending the region's existing autonomous status.


The stark warning came days before Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is expected to address the region's parliament, on Tuesday hydro flask standard mouth pink sale , when he could unilaterally declare independence.


"We feel both Catalan and Spanish," Araceli Ponze, 72, said as she rallied in Barcelona. "We are facing a tremendous unknown. We will see what happens this week but we have to speak out very loudly so they know what we want."


The northeastern region of 7.5 million people held an independence referendum on October 1 in defiance of a Spanish court ban.


More than 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted backed secession, according to Catalan officials.


But that turnout represented only 43 percent of the region's 5.3 million eligible voters as many opponents of independence stayed away.


The Spanish government sent thousands of national police into the region to prevent the vote. About 900 people were injured when officers fired rubber bullets and charged crowds with truncheons in scenes that shocked Spain and the world hydro flask wine tumbler red sale , and dramatically escalated the dispute. Losing Catalonia is almost unthinkable for the Spanish government.


It would deprive Spain of about 16 percent of its people, a fifth of its economic output and more than a quarter of its exports.


Catalonia is also the top destination for foreign tourists, attracting about a quarter of Spain's total.


CAIRO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's sharp rise in globalcompetitiveness ranking is the fruit of its economic reform,Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation SaharNasr said Thursday.


Addressing the opening session of the Middle East work group oninvestment held in Paris by the Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development (OECD) hydro flask wine tumbler green sale , Nasr said Egypt jumped 15notches in the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness Report of the WorldEconomic Forum, the Ministry of Investment and InternationalCooperation said in a statement.


Nasr also said that Egypt's ranking in the report'sinfrastructure index climbed by 25 places as a result of PresidentAbdel-Fattah al-Sisi's vision that focuses on building megainfrastructure projects, including the Suez Canal Axis developmentproject and new administrative capital.


Nasr attributed the rise in Egypt's competitiveness, the biggestby Arab countries in the report, to the ongoing economic reform andEgypt's efforts to improve the legislative and institutionalframework of its investment environment.


Over the past years hydro flask 12 oz coffee black sale , Egypt has been suffering from an economicrecession due to political instability and security issues that ledto the decline of tourism, foreign currency reserves and foreigninvestment.


The Egyptian government started last year a strict three-yeareconomic reform program, including the introduction of a fullcurrency floating to tackle a shortage of foreign reserves, inaddition to implementing austerity measures, fuel subsidy cuts andtax increases.


Egypt's reform program is supported by a 12-billion-U.S. dollarloan from the International Monetary Fund hydro flask 12 oz coffee white sale , a third of which hasalready been delivered to Egypt in two tranches in November 2016and July 2017.


Egypt is also about to issue a final version of a long-awaitedinvestment law that is expected to facilitate business startups andlure foreign investors. Enditem


PARIS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has awarded the UNESCO Medal on Space Science to first Chinese national sent to space, Yang Liwei, and three other prominent international space practitioners during the first edition of the award ceremony.


The ceremony was held on Friday evening at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris.


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"I thank you all for your courage and commitment hydro flask 12 oz coffee yellow sale ," said Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, to the laureates. "And I end with an appeal, for you to continue on your scientific journey, and also to return to UNESCO as often as possible hydro flask 12 oz coffee pink sale , to reach out to younger generations, to share UNESCO's message to build peace in the minds of men and women."


Unable to attend the ceremony himself, Yang Liwei was represented by Shen Yang, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the People's Republic of China to UNESCO at the ceremony.


In a message delivered by Shen on his behalf, Yang Liwei recalled October 2003 when the world witnessed the success of China's first manned space mission that opened a new era of China's manned space program and made contributions to the human exploration into the unknown.


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