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Chinese cheerleaders and Tibetan protesters greeted the Olympic flame Thursday as it arrived in India, the heart of the world's Tibetan exile community, amid massive security for the next leg of the torch relay.

The flame arrived from Pakistan at a New Delhi airport, where Chinese officials handed it over to the head of the Indian Olympic Association. Flag-waving traditional Indian dancers and Chinese cheerleaders performed in welcome.

Some two dozen Tibetan exiles protested along a busy highway as the torch made its way into town, chanting anti-China slogans. Several were forcibly detained by police and taken away in police vans. Read full article »

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