Olympic torch relay in Delhi incident-free

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Executive vice-president of the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee Jiang Xiaoyu of China (R) looks on as Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit (C), receives the torch from Indian Olympics Association president Suresh Kalmadi (L) after it was lit from the Olympic flame prior to the start of the torch relay in New Delhi on April 17, 2008. The Indian leg of the global Olympic torch relay ended after a short run along a central New Delhi avenue guarded by thousands of police and soldiers.

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