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Olympic officials replace backwards Arabic ‘welcome’ signs

The Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in east London is seen in 2011. The official shopping centre of the 2012 Olympics apologised on Thursday for putting up "Welcome to London" banners in Arabic that read backwards. They were compared to a sign in English reading: "N O D N O L O T E M O C L E W". (AFP Photo/Facundo Arrizabalaga)

The official shopping centre of the 2012 Olympics apologised on Thursday for putting up “Welcome to London” banners in Arabic that read backwards. The banners at the giant Westfield Stratford City complex — at the main entrance to the Olympic Park in east London — were also written with spaces…

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