C'wealth Games, Cricket WC safe, says India

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NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (AP): The next Commonwealth Games and cricket World Cup will go ahead as planned, Indian authorities say, despite last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 172 people.
Randhir Singh, secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association, said the Commonwealth Games will be staged in New Delhi as scheduled in 2010.
"The Mumbai attacks are tragic, but high-level security has already been planned for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi," said Singh, a vice president of the Commonwealth Games organising body.
"We're determined to stage the Commonwealth Games and will make no compromise on security," added Singh, who is also the general secretary of the Olympic Council of Asia and a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Singh's assertion follows news reports quoting Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Executive Michael Hooper saying that India's security situation was being monitored and there was a possibility of the 2010 event being shifted to another country.