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The correct time is shown on the Official Glasgow 2014 Countdown Clock in Glasgow Central Station, Scotland, as it is switched on by Glasgow 2014 Ambassador Michael Jamieson. The huge Longines clock at Glasgow Central train station initially showed there were 128 days to the opening ceremony, before a group of organisers and Scotland medal prospect Michael Jamieson switched it back on a second time to produce the correct 135 days until the July 23 launch at Celtic Park.
Oscar Pistorius vomited in the dock at his murder trial as he heard graphic details of the injuries sustained by the girlfriend he fatally shot.
The testimony of Professor Gert Saayman, the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Reeva Steenkamp’s body, was not broadcast or reported live on Twitter by journalists because of its explicit content under an order from Judge Thokozile Masipa. But journalists were allowed to report the evidence without directly quoting the witness.
Russia could be excluded from a renewed G7 group of international leaders as part of the response to the crisis in Ukraine if Moscow does not co-operate in de-escalation, David Cameron said today.
Preparations for a G8 meeting in Russia have been placed on hold since tensions rose following a revolution in Kiev and Russian occupation of Crimea in recent days and weeks.
Carl Froch has branded George Groves “paranoid” for demanding neutral officials for the pair’s super-middleweight world title rematch at Wembley in May.
Groves complained of bias to the British Boxing Board of Control after referee Howard Foster stopped November’s first title bout in the ninth round, handing controversial victory to defending champion Froch.
The day's news in pictures: March 10 2014
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