India’s Commonwealth Games

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The Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India are set to start in two weeks and already there is a problem. Teams arriving for the games say the athletes village is filthy and unfit for human habitation. But Delhi officials insist everything will be ready to go once the games begin. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.

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