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India passes the Olympic torch

Newsweek | Apr 17, 2008 03:38 PM

By Jeremy Kahn
Indian police were ready for protesters

As the day drew near for the Olympic torch to be carried through the heart of India's capital, New Delhi, Indian government officials had grown apprehensive. India is home to the world’s largest number of Tibetan exiles, including Tibetan Buddhism’s most revered figure, the Dalai Lama, and it has also sought to avoid antagonizing its big neighbor to the north. Indian officials feared the worst--including the prospect that Tibetan monks might immolate themselves in protest on the city’s streets. In the end, however, the torch relay here went off without disruption, thanks to the extraordinary security measures the Indian government laid on for the event.
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