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Public Barred From Delhi Torch Run

Torch route shortened; few can attend

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2008 9:49 AM CDT

(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....   Read full story »

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