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Paris Olympics Aim to Lift Up Capital’s Disenfranchised Suburbs


Paris Olympics Aim to Lift Up Capital’s Disenfranchised Suburbs
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For decades, the ethnically mixed, working-class Paris suburb of Saint-Denis has faced a raft of negative stereotypes. But it's angling for a different image, when it welcomes part of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games. Many hope the Olympics construction projects now underway will go beyond an urban facelift and deliver lasting change. Lisa Bryant has the story.

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