Asian Games torch arrives India
(Reuters) Updated: 2006-10-12 13:41
Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani (C), official Doha 2006 Torch Relay
Ambassador, watches as the first torch bearer Milkha Singh starts 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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