Here’s the latest report from the BBC. It saddens me that it will take 15,000 police and the people of Delhi have been asked to stay away from, an already shortened route. On the other hand this is probably the nearest that the people of Tibet will get to being able to stage a REAL protest against China (there are more than 100,000 Tibetan exiles in Delhi) without running a high risk of being seriously injured or killed by the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet.

No exact times have been given for the torch relay amid fears of protests

A huge security operation is under way in India’s capital, Delhi, to protect the Olympic torch from protests on the latest leg of its troubled world tour.

Some 15,000 police and commandos have secured the heart of the city along the truncated route of the torch relay.

India is home to the largest community of Tibetan exiles, as well as its government-in-exile and the Dalai Lama.

Earlier, Tibetan exile groups organised an alternative torch relay involving Indian politicians and celebrities.

That torch arrived at end of its journey, the Jantar Mantar, surrounded by Tibetan flags, cameras and young Tibetan men wearing headbands with “Free Tibet” on them, says the BBC’s Chris Morris.

Tibetans have been holding protests in the square for several weeks to highlight their opposition to China’s policies in their homeland.

Symbolically, the alternative torch relay started at the memorial to the Indian independence leader and advocate of non-violent protests, Mahatma Gandhi.

Secret timing

Later on Thursday, the official Olympic torch relay will be carried by about 70 people, including celebrities and sport stars, along a shortened route through the centre of Delhi.

DELHI TORCH ROUTE Indian officials announce on 3 April that route will be shortened on security grounds Torch to be carried along Rajpath from Presidential palace to India Gate Protest march runs from Gandhi Memorial to Jantar Mantar Chinese bloggers’ anger In Pictures: Delhi torch protests India walks Tibet tightrope

Apart from about 500 dignitaries and a group of school children invited to watch, the public will be kept well away from the flame as it is carried along the ceremonial avenue, the Rajpath, from the Presidential palace to India Gate.

The route was earlier trimmed to a third of its original 9km (5-mile) distance on security grounds.

The authorities have also closed many main roads in central Delhi in the run-up to the ceremony, creating huge traffic jams, and sealed off the area for five hours.

Police have also ordered workers in the many government offices overlooking the route not to look out of their windows to look at the ceremony because of the perceived security threat.

Security patrols have meanwhile been issued with blankets and fire extinguishers in case protesters set themselves on fire.

“We have taken every precaution to ensure the event remains peaceful,” Junior Home Minister Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.

No exact times have been given for the relay amid fears of protests by India’s 100,000-strong Tibetan exile community, some of whom have threatened to disrupt the event.

Around 50 Tibetan protesters were detained near the Chinese embassy a few hours before the torch arrived in the capital from Pakistan on Thursday.

The flame was received at Delhi’s airport by Suresh Kalmadi, the chief of the Indian Olympic Association, and was then driven along a route into the city lined with hundreds of police to a luxury hotel. Several protesters were detained outside.

The BBC’s Chris Morris in Delhi says the Indian authorities are desperate for this difficult day to be over.

This appeals to me sense of humour. I certainly do NOT condone theft …but I would love to have seen this car chase and the resulting CARnage…it must have looked like something out of The Blues Brothers

The three occupants of the Bentley suffered minor injuries, police said.

Five police officers were injured when three patrol cars crashed while chasing a stolen luxury car in Hampshire.

Police were pursuing a Bentley, stolen on Monday night in a burglary in Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood.

The Bentley crashed at 0235 BST on the A35 four miles away at Bransgore, injuring three occupants.

The first police car was hit by debris while the second collided with the first, sustaining minor damage. The third car was seriously damaged.

The five officers sustained minor injuries but did not need hospital treatment.

Three police cars were involved in the collision on the A35

The occupants of the Bentley Continental GT, who have not been identified, were taken to hospital for treatment.

Police said the Bentley had failed to stop after being seen on the A35 following reports of the burglary.

Road closures remained in place at 0700 BST.

The three youths inside the Bentley have been arrested and will be questioned on Tuesday.

I’m sick of hearing about the most popular people on MySpace and Facebook or the most popular videos on YouTube.

It’s time for the backlash…followers of fashion unite..it’s time for the return of minimalism.

Today I introduce to you Web 3.0.

Underlying the concept of the new web 3.0 is NOT being connected. User generated content…bigup, but only generating content for YOU. Don’t cancel your broadband subscription…cos this is NOT about technology, this is about surviving despite the odds…stuff social networking….this is PERSONAL. This is a call to go from WeWeWe to MeMeMe. Web 3.0 will turn the internet upside down.

This is not a new philosophy, merely an observation of what is true and righteous. The best blogs are those that remain unread, and unDIGGed. The most influential people on Myspace are those with NO friends and no connections. If your a geek….celebrate when you DON’T get a link on Technorati. Just think of the achievement ??…a facebook page with NO STUPID ADD-ONs …and no idiots you’ve never met before wanting to be your “friend”. Better still your gmail account with NO pokes, no super pokes, nothing being written on your funwall….and …wait for this…NOBODY WAITING TO PLAY SCRABULOUS WITH YOU. This is a victory for common sense.

Who needs deli.cio.us when you can login to taste.le.ss ?? Last.fm is now Lost.fm…listen to your own music, who cares what the rest of the world is listening to ? RSS feeds will die of starvation….Friendster will become Hamster (a place where you can jump on the wheel of life and go discover yourself…”find the best friend you’ll ever have…YOU”)…

YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO READ YOUR PROPER EMAIL FROM PEOPLE WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW YOU…..THAT’S REVOLUTIONARY .

No ? , it get’s better..NO invites to events where you aren’t really invited and you can turn up and really believe WHY you’re not on the guestlist (you’re an unpopular nobody). You won’t have to look at millions of boring pictures on Flickr…cos nobody can send you a link to them (whatever happened to sheets pinned to the wall and 35mm slides ??).

No point in wasting hours surfing through the hours of Youtube videos looking for the most popular, because everything will have been seen by just one viewer….YOU.

Twitter will die like a canary down a Welsh mine, Linkedin will be replaced by Linkedout, Bebo will turn into a Mebo where you can be critical of just YOU and we can all go back to FriendsReunited and hear about the 3 new people (real friends ??) from the Shrewsbury College of Agriculture who’ve recently updated their profiles…that’s what I CALL social newtworking !! (not a typo)

YouTube will transform to MeTube and you can store hundreds of your own happy slapping videos that just you (and the police) can watch. You can replace your Hi5 with a Lo1 and get depressed on your own…no point in worrying about your virtual “friends” who probably hate your guts (you know they do, cos you’ve already signed up for a social bullying session on Bebo)…we all know who’s number one…and in Web 3.0…there’s no doubt that it’s you and only you !

It will really confuse the Chinese government, who will need to block 2 Billion websites !

Bring an end to Web 2.0 …sign up for the social networks and be anti-social…make “lonelygirl15″ REALLY lonely, “Lisanova” should be “Lisanopals”.

Welcome to the world of Web 3.0, a world without spam (sorry Vikings) and the era of user generated users. Tonight, this sad old Rlog is helping you put the “I” back in the Internet.

Since I’ve just posted on San Franciso, thought I might as well add an early report form Buenos Aires, the Olympic Torch’s token stop in South America.

I thought that the choice of Argentina was interesting, given that countries not too distant record on human rights abuses.  The “Authorities” haven’t disappointed with a show of force that continues to add to the humiliating progress of the “Flame of Shame”.

Here’s a quick excerpt from the full article on USA Today’s website.

“In Buenos Aires, about 1,300 federal police, 1,500 naval police and 3,000 traffic police and volunteers were deploying along the 8½-mile relay route — enough to ensure security “without going to the extreme that nobody will be able to see the torch,” Irarrazabal said.”

I’ll update this as the full reports come in … though I’m please to note that there are almost six thousand police officers and members of the armed forces in Argentina with something harmless to keep them busy today.

I’ve been travelling for a couple of days on business. I returned home last night about 10 pm and I thought ” Why have I heard nothing in the last day or so about the Olympic Torch” ?”

Well, to start with,like me the torch has been traveling…en route to SFO from CDG. However, on arrival in San Fran the flame of shame had apparently joined the CIA and gone undercover !

Thousands of spectators and wannabe protesters waited in vain as the torch took a completely unpublished route round the city, failing to stop off at ANY or the pre-ordained points.

The New York Times referred to the Torch’s progress as a game of “Hide and Seek”. Take a look at the image below and see if you can “Spot The Torch” …come to think of it why not play “Spot the Spectator” too ???

So, just like London and Paris the torch didn’t get much time in public (but, for different reasons), yet the net effect is to add to the embarrassment of the Chinese government…the “Flame of Shame” grows stronger at every stage !

Now Paris has joined in condemning China’s record on human rights and the Chinese Government’s politicisation” of the Olympic Games.

Read Here for the latest from CNN.

As a postscript to my previous post, the Olympic Flame of Shame arrived in Britain yesterday. Here’s the report from The Times…one brave soul tried to put out the flame with a fire extinguisher…watch this. Look out for the Chinese thugs in the blue tracksuits. They are apparently the official escort for the torch.

Here is the FULL REPORT of the journey from the BBC. It was almost funny when it arrived in Downing Street….Gordon Brown (British Prime Minister) wasn’t going to touch the torch…….

Johann Hari wrote in today’s “Independent” newspaper in the UK

“On the streets of London, the Chinese dictatorship has just learned with a painful jab that their Olympic Slogan “One World, One Dream” – is true. In every city the Olympic torch sashays through on it’s world tour it’s greeting is the same. Tibetans wave their banned flag and grieve for their freshly slaughtered countrymen. Falun Gong refugees hold aloft pictures of their co-believers who have vanished….Darfuris cry for an end to the massacres against them backed by Beijing, and ordinary people line the streets to support them.”

80 Sports stars and media personalities, including multi gold medalist Sir Steven Redgrave, put their egos and wallets ahead of human rights and carried the flame of shame on it’s ignominious journey through the streets of London. SHAME ON YOU.

Good luck from me to the people of Paris for today’s leg of the journey. The French can usually throw a pretty good protest …so this one could be exciting

Finally the world’s (Free) press have created a website where you can add your support to the growing movement to use the Olympic games to showcase (and hopefully instigate change to) China’s unacceptable record on human rights.