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VIENNA’S GAY-THEMED TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO STAY PERMANENTLY
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VIENNA (AP) — Vienna’s gay-themed pestrian traffic lights are here to stay. Set up recently at 47 crossgs, they were to be taken down June, after the end of several gay-iendly Vienna Councilwoman Maria Vassilakou, charge of traffic issu, says they will now rema.
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