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Torch greeted with protests in India (Image © Reuters)

The Olympic torch arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to be met immediately with protests from members of the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans, who vowed to disrupt its passage through the Indian capital.

Around 15,000 police will guard the torch later on Thursday as it takes a relay route, already shortened because of fears of demonstrations, through the city's former British colonial boulevards that have been lined with barriers and wire meshing.

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