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Spain’s parliament on Thursday backed a referendum of ‘self-determination’ for Western Sahara, despite Madrid’s recent endorsement of a Moroccan-sponsored plan to instead grant autonomy to the territory. Unidas Podemos (UP), an ally of the governing Spanish Socialist Workers, had urged MPs to support the UN’s 1991 proposal to end the conflict in Western Sahara, which suggests holding a referendum on the future of the territory. The Spanish parliament’s motion appears to contradict its government’s official support for Morocco’s proposed autonomy plan that would give the territory autonomy inst…