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Public Barred From Delhi Torch Run

Torch route shortened; few can attend

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(Newser) – The Olympic torch was carried through New Delhi today, escorted by 15,000 police on a route shortened to less than two miles through a locked-down city center, the AP reports. Some 70 runners each held the torch for just seconds before handing it off. Only a few hundred, sitting in bleachers, saw the event, which was closed to the public

Meanwhile, thousands of Tibetans staged their own torch run, beginning at the site of Mohandas Gandhi’s cremation, and celebrated with prayer and traditional dancing. A number of prominent Indians, including the country’s former defense minister, joined in; public sentiment in the country supports the Tibetan cause.

A Tibetan protester is led away by Indian police as he and others try to reach the India Gate where the Olympic torch rally is in progress in New Delhi, Thursday, April 17, 2008.
A Tibetan protester is led away by Indian police as he and others try to reach the India Gate where the Olympic torch rally is in progress in New Delhi, Thursday, April 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
A Tibetan protester shouts anti-China slogans as Tibetans hold a mock Olympic torch rally in New Delhi, Thursday April 17, 2008.
A Tibetan protester shouts anti-China slogans as Tibetans hold a mock Olympic torch rally in New Delhi, Thursday April 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Policemen try to wrestle away a mock Olympic torch from Tibetan protesters during a rally in New Delhi, Thursday April 17, 2008.
Policemen try to wrestle away a mock Olympic torch from Tibetan protesters during a rally in New Delhi, Thursday April 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, third left, applauds as Indian tennis players hold the Olympic Torch after lighting the flame at the end of the Olympic Torch relay in New Delhi, April 17, 2008.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, third left, applauds as Indian tennis players hold the Olympic Torch after lighting the flame at the end of the Olympic Torch relay in New Delhi, April 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati, right, carry the Olympic torch in New Delhi, Thursday, April 17, 2008.
Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati, right, carry the Olympic torch in New Delhi, Thursday, April 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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