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Safe in Fortress Manhattan

Hindustan Times | ByVarghese K George, New York
Sep 27, 2008 12:25 AM IST

PM Manmohan Singh is among the best protected in the city hosting leaders from about 150 of 192 countries in the UN General Assembly, reports Varghese K George.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is among the best protected in the city hosting leaders from about 150 of 192 countries in the UN General Assembly.

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Traffic stops for his 18-vehicle cavalcade, secured by US Secret Service, New York Police (NYPD) and India’s Special Protection Group (SPG).

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US President George W. Bush, his counterparts from Pakistan (Asif Zardari) and Afghanistan (Hamid Karzai) are the other three heads of state given the top-level protection.

As Singh drove from the airport to the hotel, a helicopter with Secret Service and NYPD personnel maintained on-air vigil.

Part of the road in front of the New York Palace hotel in Manhattan, where Singh stays, is cordoned off. A few feet away on Park Avenue is Hotel Waldorf Astoria, where Bush and Karzai stayed.

Singh is on 51st floor of the 55-storey hotel. The entire floor is with the Indian contingent.

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