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“Those responsible have to resign” – Medvedev on Olympics

President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to make sure Russia's Olympic team learns a bitter lesson from Vancouver, where it had one of its worst performances in the history of the winter games.

Medvedev said the Olympic Games revealed flaws in the training system which must be addressed before Sochi 2014.

“Taking into consideration all that happened in Vancouver, we have to change our methods of training drastically. We've been living on Soviet resources for a long time, but it's over now. We do make a huge investment in sport, but money's not everything. Those responsible for preparing Russian athletes for the Olympics have to make a brave decision and resign. And if they don't, we'll help them to do it. But the most important thing now is the preparation for the 2014 Olympics,” Medvedev said.

Source: Russia Today

Russia remembers fallen soldiers 10 years on

March 1 marks the tenth anniversary of a grave counter-terrorist mission in which 90 Russian paratroopers stood firm against hundreds of Chechen militants. Only six Russians survived.


On February 29, 2000 the paratroopers, mostly from the northwestern cities of Pskov and St. Petersburg, withstood a large multinational band of militants trying to hold the strategically important Argun Gorge, in the Caucasus Mountains.

The battle lasted several hours and more than 700 militants were killed. Outnumbered 20 to one, the Russian soldiers suffered heavy losses during what came to be known as one of the worst tragedies of the anti-terrorist campaign in the North Caucasus.

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Water crisis plagues Peru

Despite an abundance of water in Latin America, the continent is facing multiple problems obtaining life's most precious commodity ... with far-reaching consequences for health.

The Inter-American Development Bank says droughts, crop losses, starvation and water-rationing have affected countries across the region.

One of the worst cases is Peru's capital, Lima. The city sits on a desert, and up to a million of its residents lack access to quality drinking water.

Al Jazeera's Craig Mauro reports.