Early elections as Catalan leader seeks independence...

Catalonia's president Artur Mas has called early elections in Spain's biggest region after failing to get more fiscal autonomy from the country's prime minister Mariano Rajoy.

Mas said he would fight for independence, a move supported by over one million Catalans at a rally on September 11.

Catalonia generates about 20 percent of Spain's national output.

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