Asian Games torch arrives India
(Reuters) Updated: 2006-10-12 13:41

Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani, official Doha 2006 Torch Relay Ambassador,
Randhir Singh (L), Secretary General of the Olympic Council of Asia and Indian
Olympic Association, and Suresh Kalmadi (2nd L), President of the Indian Olympic
Association, and Sheila Dikshit (2nd R), Chief Minister of Delhi, take part in a
flame lighting ceremony for the Doha Asian Games Torch Relay in New Delhi
October 11, 2006. The relay will travel through the hands of 3,000 torch bearers
and a distance of 50,000 km (31,069 miles) and 15 countries in 55 days before
lighting the Cauldron at the 15th Asian Games Opening Ceremony in Doha on 1
December. [Reuters]
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