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Secession fever flared up in Quebec<\/a> until the separatist party got beat in a recent election in Canada.<\/p>\n

Scotland<\/a> will vote on whether to secede from Great Britain in September.\u00a0 (Would that mean removing the X-shaped St. Andrew\u2019s cross from the UK flag?)<\/p>\n

Venice<\/a> wants to secede from the rest of Italy.\u00a0 (So said 89% of Venetians in a non-binding referendum.)<\/p>\n

Catalonia<\/a> wants to vote to secede from Spain and may defy Spanish authorities who are forbidding the referendum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"