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Paris Paramours Foil Love Lockdown

A Paris push to rid the city of the thousands of “love locks” weighing down its bridges is being thwarted by tourists' relentless romance. For years, visiting couples have hung brass padlocks on the iron grills lining the city's bridges to symbolize their undying love - they write their names on the locks, then toss the key into the Seine below. About 700,000 love locks are added every few months and Paris officials say they are damaging the bridges and threatening safety...

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