Indian police detain Tibetan protesters

Police today detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles marching in northern India to Tibet in protest at China’s staging of the Olympic Games, organisers and officials said.

Police today detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles marching in northern India to Tibet in protest at China’s staging of the Olympic Games, organisers and officials said.

Indian authorities feared the march, which began on Monday and was expected to last about six months, could embarrass Beijing.

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