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Fugitive Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been officially refused entry into Canada because he is wanted in Spain on possible charges of sedition and misuse of public funds, his Montreal-based lawyer said Tuesday.

Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on protesters since anti-government demonstrations erupted earlier this month.

After holding off for five days, Canada has joined with the U.S., EU and several South American governments in calling for Bolivia to hold a second-round runoff vote pitting President Evo Morales directly against opposition leader Carlos Mesa. This follows an OAS audit of the vote that found evidence of fraud.