India seals capital's streets ahead of torch run (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 04/17/2008 - 3:56am

Indian Riot police stand outside the Le Meredien hotel where the Beijing Olympics torch is believed to be kept after its arrival in New Delhi, India, early Thursday, April 17, 2008.<br /><br />The Beijing Olympics torch arrived early Thursday amidst high security preparations for the torch run in the Indian capital.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - Authorities sealed off streets and advised workers to keep a low profile Thursday as about 15,000 police officers spread through India's capital to try to keep protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay.




 

More related items

Protesters in Australian capital for Olympic torch relay (AP)
AP - Runners carried the Olympic torch along crowd-lined streets of Australia's capital Thursday, unimpeded by pockets of protest by supporters and detractors of China's government that left...

Rain but few protests at Malaysia's Olympic torch run (AFP)
AFP - Malaysia's leg of the Olympic torch relay passed off largely without incident Monday with a heavy police presence netting just five protesters and thousands of well-wishers braving...

Indian capital locked down for tense torch relay (AFP)
AFP - Thousands of police and soldiers locked down India's capital on Thursday, bidding to keep Tibetan protesters away from the most sensitive leg of the protest-hit Beijing Olympic torch...

Protests snuff out Olympic torch in Paris (Reuters)
Reuters - The Olympic torch relay descended into chaos in Paris on Monday with officials having to extinguish the flame and carry it by bus when pro-Tibet protesters tried to seize it.

Protests turn Paris Olympic torch run into debacle (Reuters)
Reuters - The Olympic torch relay became a debacle as it passed through Paris on Monday, with organizers forced to carry the flame by bus after pro-Tibet protesters tried to seize it and...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.