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Paris angers critics with plans to restrict Olympic Games traffic but says residents shouldn't flee

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Stay, enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show.

That was the message from organizers of the Olympics on Wednesday as they sought to reassure the capital's residents that security measures and traffic restrictions won't make their lives nightmarish during the July 26-Aug. 11 event and the Paralympic Games

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