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Vancouver : Canada | about 1 month ago  
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From Thursday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009 02:58AM EDT C anada's Olympic city is trying to get rid of dissent during the Winter Games and become a Pleasantville where wearing a politically incorrect T-shirt could lead to a fine, civil-rights advocates say.
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