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Ruth Whitehead Whaley Ruth Whitehead Whaley was in 1925 the first African American woman to be admitted to practice law in New York. She was also the first African American woman to enroll at Fordham University School of Law, where she graduated in 1924.
Ruth Wignall Ruth Wignall (née Dodsworth) is a British television presenter for ITV Wales. Her main duties involve presenting the weather on Wales Tonight and Wales News, but occasionally Wignall presents the news as well.
Ruth Witt-Diamant Ruth Witt-Diamant, a professor at San Francisco State University from 1931, founded and was the first director of the SFSU Poetry Center in 1954. In her youth, she traveled and taught english poetry in Japan, becoming good friends with the Tokugawa family.
Ruth-Anne Miller Ruth-Anne Miller was a fictional character in the television show Northern Exposure, played by Peg Phillips. She is a widow, an atheist, and one of the oldest citizens of the small (fictional) town of Cicely, Alaska; her 75th birthday occurs during the third season of the show.
Ruth, Nevada Ruth is a small town in White Pine County, Nevada that was founded in 1903. As of 2005 the population of Ruth, Nevada is 394 the edge of the first large copper mine] a settlement for the mine workers was established from tents and wood huts.
Ruthanasia Ruthanasia, a portmanteau of Ruth and euthanasia, is the pejorative name (typically used by opponents) given to the period of free-market economic reform conducted under the auspices of the National Party government of New Zealand between 1990 and 1993. As the first period of reform from 1984 to 1990 was known as Rogernomics after the Labour Party Minister of Finance, Roger Douglas, so the second period became known as "Ruthanasia", after the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
Ruthe Lewin Winegarten Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (August 26, 1929-June 14 2004) was an American author, activist, and historian. Born in Dallas, Texas in 1929, Winegarten attended James Madison High School, receiving a scholarship to attend Southern Methodist University.
Ruthenia Ruthenia is a geographic and culturo-ethnic name applied to the parts of Eastern Europe populated by Eastern Slavic peoples, as well as to the past various states that existed in these territories. Essentially, the word is a Latin rendering of the ancient place-name Rus (cf.
Ruthenian Voivodeship Ruthenia Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus russiae, Polish: województwo ruskie; 1366-1772) was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland (see Kingdom of Poland [1320–1385], Kingdom of Poland [1385–1569], and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1569–1791). Together with Bełz Voivodeship, it formed Lesser Poland Province with capilot city in Kraków.
Ruthenians and Ukrainians in Czechoslovakia (1918-1938) Subcarpathian Ruthenia (later briefly independent as Carpatho-Ukraine) had been Czechoslovakia’s poorest region, and, if Slovakia had fared badly under Hungarian domination within Austria-Hungary, Carpatho-Ukraine's situation had been far worse. In the words of one historian, in 1914 the region was "little more than a Magyar deer park.
Ruthenium Ruthenium (IPA: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ru and atomic number 44. A rare transition metal of the platinum group, ruthenium is found associated with platinum ores and used as a catalyst in some platinum alloys.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at the Chilton/Harwell Science Campus is a UK scientific research laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire. It has a staff of around 1,200 who support the work of over 10,000 scientists and engineers, mainly from the university research community.
Rutherford backscattering Rutherford backscattering (or RBS, for Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry) is an analytical technique in materials science. It is named for Ernest Rutherford who in 1911 first explained Geiger and Marsden's experimental results for alpha particle scattering from a very thin gold foil in a backward direction by using the Coulomb electrostatic force between the positively charged nucleus and the positively charged alpha particle.
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Long before Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the system of Presidential Libraries the Rutherford B. Hayes Center Library was opened in 1916 and is therefore the first actual Presidential Library and the one of only three for a presidency of the 19th century.
Rutherford High School (Rutherford, New Jersey) Rutherford High School is comprehensive four-year public high school located in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Rutherford School District. The original structure was built in 1922 and expanded in 1959 and 2005.
Rutherford Medal The Rutherford Medal (known as the Gold Medal until 2000) is the premier award of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and has been awarded annually since 1991 in recognition of people who have made outstanding contributions to New Zealand society and culture in science, mathematics, social science, and technology. The medal is funded by the New Zealand government.
Rutherford Observatory Rutherford Observatory is the astronomical facility maintained by Columbia University. The home of the observatory is maintained atop Pupin Hall on the main campus of Columbia University on the south side of West 120 Street just east of Broadway in Manhattan.
Rutherford scattering In physics, Rutherford scattering is a phenomenon that was explained by Ernest Rutherford in 1911, and led to the development of the orbital theory of the atom. It is now exploited by the materials analytical technique Rutherford backscattering.
Rutherford Spraggon Rutherford Spraggon, born in Toronto, Ontario, 1958. Documented as a leader in the telecom space when he led the Compass project which today reigns popular in the industry as the leading process mapping mechanism.
Rutherfurd (crater) Rutherfurd is a lunar impact crater located entirely within the southern rim of the much larger Clavius crater. The Porter crater is located to the north-northeast of Rutherfurd, on the northeast rim of Clavius.
Rutherglen Rutherglen (said: Rhu-ther-glehn) comes from the Gaelic An Ruadh Ghleann - "the red valley". Rutherglen is a town located within the south-eastern suburbs of the city of Glasgow, Scotland near the town of Cambuslang.
Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency) Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. From 2005, most of the area is represented by Rutherglen and Hamilton West, while a small portion is now is Glasgow Central and Glasgow South.
Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency) Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from almost all of Glasgow Rutherglen and most of Hamilton South.
Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. Rutherglen Glencairn Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in Rutherglen, (in the South Lanarkshire local authority area, but part of the Glasgow conurbation). Nicknamed the Glens and formed in 1896, they are based at Southcroft Park which is in the line of the proposed extension to the M74 motorway and due for demolition.
Ruthie Bolton Alice Ruth Bolton (born on May 25, 1967 in Lucedale, Mississippi), better known as Ruthie Bolton and also by her former married name of Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, is a former collegiate, Olympic and professional basketball player. Bolton played in the WNBA from 1997 through 2004 with the Sacramento Monarchs.
Ruthie Matthes Ruthie Matthes (born: November 11, 1965) is an American professional cycle racer who won the World Cross-Country Mountain Bike Championship in 1991. She is also an accomplished road cyclist, having twice finished in 2nd place in the prestigious Women's Challenge bicycle stage race.
Ruthie Morris Ruthie Mary Morris is the guitarist for the Atlanta, Georgia-based rock group Magnapop. Originally from Indiana, and then Florida, she transplanted herself to East Atlanta in the late 1980s, where she met Linda Hopper, a member of the Athens, Georgia scene in the late '70s and early '80s.
Ruthin Ruthin (Welsh: Rhuthun), pronounced RITH-in (IPA ), is the county town of Denbighshire in North Wales located at UK National , approx. 53 deg 7 min north, 3 deg 18 min west, at the junction of the trunk roads A494 (Queensferry - Mold - Ruthin - Corwen - Dolgellau) and A525 (Rhyl - Denbigh - Ruthin - Wrexham - Whitchurch - Stoke-on-Trent).
Ruthless Rap Assassins The Ruthless Rap Assassins were a hip hop group from Hulme in Manchester, England. The group was formed by MC Kermit La Freak (later simply Kermit - real name Paul Leveridge) and brothers Dangerous Hinds (real name Anderson Hinds) and Dangerous C (real name Carson Hinds).
Ruthless Records (Chicago) Ruthless Records was the name of a Chicago punk record label. Founded in 1981 by the Effigies, it was not a real business, but a name used by Chicago and Minneapolis punk bands from 1981 to 1990: Big Black, the Effigies, End Result, Naked Raygun, Rifle Sport and Urge Overkill.
Ruthven Barracks Ruthven Barracks near Ruthven, Highland in Scotland are the smallest but best preserved of the four barracks built in 1717 after the 1715 Jacobite rising, set on an old castle mound. It comprises two large three-storey blocks occupying two sides of the enclosure each with two rooms per floor.
Ruthville, Virginia Ruthville is an unincorporated town in Charles City County, Virginia. The community was the central point of the county's free African American population for many years, even before the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Ruthwell Cross The Ruthwell Cross is an important Anglo Saxon cross, dating back to the eighth century. This cross is remarkable for its runic inscription, which contains excerpts from The Dream of the Rood, an Old English poem.
Rutin Rutin, also called rutoside, quercetin-3-rutinoside and sophorin, is a citrus flavonoid glycoside found in buckwheat, the leaves and petioles of Rheum species, and the fruit of the Fava D'Anta tree (from Brazil), as well as other sources. Rutin is the glycoside between the the flavonol quercetin and the disaccharide rutinose.
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency) Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire.
Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) Rutland and Stamford was a parliamentary constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Rutland Barrington Rutland Barrington (January 15 1853 – May 31 1922) was an English singer, actor, comedian, and musical comedy star, best remembered for creating the comic heavy baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. He also wrote eleven works for the stage.
Rutland Boughton Rutland Boughton (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire January 23, 1878 – January 25, 1960), a pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music in London, became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of orchestral and choral music. His output included three symphonies and several concertos and pieces of chamber music.
Rutland House Rutland House was formerly the London house of the earls of Rutland and was purchased by the playwright and impressario Sir William Davenant (1606–1668). It was located on Aldersgate Street, near Charterhouse Square in the City of London, close to Smithfield Market.
Rutland Railroad The Rutland Railroad , was a small railroad in the north-eastern United States, primarily in the state of Vermont but extending into the state of New York. The earliest ancestor of the Rutland, the Rutland & Burlington Railroad, was chartered in 1843 by the state of Vermont to build between Rutland, Vermont and Burlington, Vermont.
Rutland Railway Museum "The Rutland Railway Museum occupies an area of nearly 7 acres (28,000 m²) on part of the former Midland Railway mineral branch line in Rutland. The branch line linked to the Melton Mowbray to Oakham main line at Ashwell Station.
Rutland Regional Medical Center Founded in 1896, Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC) has grown from a 10-bed hospital with eight attending physicians into Vermont's second largest health care facility. RRMC has 188 licensed beds,and 120 physicians.
Rutland Weekend Television Rutland Weekend Television was a television sketch show on BBC2, written by Eric Idle with music by Neil Innes. Two series, the first consisting of six episodes, the second of seven, were broadcast, in 1975 and 1976.
Rutland, Ireland Rutland (Irish: Inis Mhic an Doirn) is an island in County Donegal, and an electoral and census reporting district covering it, surrounding islands and part of the mainland. The island itself has no permanent inhabitants, but the district, which includes Burtonport and its environs, had 1,428 residents in 2006.
Rutshire Chronicles The Rutshire Chronicles is the name given to a series of six books by Jilly Cooper: Riders, Rivals, Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, Appassionata, and Score! They are linked by several recurring characters (chiefly Rupert Campbell-Black, Roberto Rannaldini, and their families) and are set in the fictional English county of Rutshire.
Ruttonjee Hospital Ruttonjee Hospital is a hospital in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It is affliated with the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, providing clinical attachment opportunities for its medical students.
Rutu Modan Rutu Modan (born 1966) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. After graduating with distinction from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, She began to edit the Israeli edition of MAD magazine with Yirmi Pinkus.
Rutupiæ Rutupiæ was the Roman name for Richborough near Sandwich, Kent, which they founded when they landed here in AD 34. It has many phases of Roman remains, collectively known as Richborough Fort, still visible today and under the care of English Heritage.
Ruud Air Conditioning Division Ruud Air Conditioning Division , or RUUD is an air conditioning and heating company that serves mostly the Southern United States, mainly Arkansas and Georgia. Ruud's Air Conditioning Division is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Ruud Hesp Ruud Hesp (born October 31, 1965 in Bussum, Noord-Holland) is a retired Dutch football goalkeeper. He started his career in the 1985/1986 season at HFC Haarlem, then went on to Fortuna Sittard, where he played for seven years (1987-94).
Ruud Kleinpaste Ruud Kleinpaste was born in 1952 to Dutch parents living abroad in Indonesia. After being schooled back home in The Netherlands, he studied plant sciences at university, eventually earning a degree in silviculture (the cultivation of trees).
Ruud Krol Rudolf ("Ruud" or "Rudi") Jozef Krol (born March 24, 1949 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country. He began his career at Ajax Amsterdam under the legendary Rinus Michels.
Ruud Misdorp Rudolf Antonius ("Ruud") Misdorp (born July 3, 1952 in The Hague) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both occasions, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he finished in sixth position with the Dutch national team.
Ruusan Reformation The Ruusan Reformation was a fictional event in the Star Wars universe when the Republic Measures and Standards Bureau reset the year zero to year of the Battle of Ruusan, which is 1,000 BBY by the current date system.
Ruvuma River Ruvuma River, formerly also known as the Rovuma River, is a river in East Africa, forming during the greater part of its course the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. The lower Ruvuma is formed by the junction in 11° 25' S.
Ruwa Ruwa is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, situated 22 km south-east of Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. It serves as a small administrative and trading centre for the surrounding mixed farming area.
Ruwais Ruwais is a town located some 240 kilometers west of Abu Dhabi city. The Ruwais•I-industrial and Housing Complex has been developed by ADNOC as a major contributor to the national economy and represents a series of
Ruwanwelisaya After the great war, defeating the Tamil King Elara, King Dutugemunu the lord of entire Sri Lanka built this magnificent stupa which is considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and is sacred to many buddhists all over the world. The stupa is called Ruwanwelisaya, yet it is also known as Mahathupa, Swarnamali Chaitya and Rathnamali Dagaba for some.
Ruwenzori Duiker The Ruwenzori Duiker or Ruwenzori Red Duiker (Cephalophus rubidis), is a stocky but small antelope found only in the Ruwenzori Mountains between Uganda and, probably, Democratic Republic of Congo. They may be a sub-species of the Black-fronted Duiker or the Red-flanked Duiker.
Ruwenzori Range The Ruwenzori Range, now officially called Rwenzori Mountains (the spelling having been changed in about 1980 to conform more closely with the local tribal name) is a small but spectacular mountain range of central Africa, often referred to as Mt. Rwenzori, located on the border between Uganda and the DRC, with heights of up to 5,109 m (16,761 ft).
Ruwer (municipality) Ruwer is a municipality (a convention community called Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer) with more than 18000 inhabitants at the river Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is famous for the wine from the wine-growing-region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, that was founded by the Romans, 2000 years ago.
Ruwer River The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of 46 kilometres, a right tributary of the Moselle River. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the wine-growing region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born October 24, 1972 in PiteĹźti) is a female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The righthander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world.
Ruxton (automobile) The Ruxton was a front-wheel drive automobile produced by the New Era Motors Company of New York, New York, USA during 1929 and 1930. The car was the brainchild of William Muller and was built in the Moon Motor Car factory in St.
Ruy Barbosa Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, on 5th November 1849, and died in PetrĂłpolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 1st March 1923. A famous writer, jurist, and politician, he was a federal representative, senator, minister of finances and taxation, and diplomat.
Ruy De Souza Queiroz Ruy de Souza Queiroz is the proprietor of the Fazenda Cresciumal in the state of SĂŁo Paulo, city of Leme, Brazil. In 1999 a garden was created where it preserves hundreds of Brazilian native plant species, some rare ones including Patagonula bahiensis and GoiabĂŁo.
Ruy López de Segura Ruy López de Segura (1530 –1580) was a Spanish priest and later bishop in Segura whose book Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first fundamental chess books in Europe, only after Pedro Damiano's.
Ruy Teixeira Ruy Teixeira is an American political scientist and commentator who has written several books on various topics in political science and political strategy. Most recently, he co-wrote with John Judis The Emerging Democratic Majority (2002), a book arguing that Democrats in the United States are demographically destined to become a majority party in the early 21st century.
Ruyi Ruyi literally means "as you wish" in Chinese. A typical ruyi is composed of two parts: a head in the shape of cloud, heart, or a species of fungus (Linzhi, meaning "magic mushroom"), and a long handle in the shape of a flat S.
Ruyton Girls' School Ruyton Girls School (commonly referred to simply as Ruyton) is a non-denominational independant school for girls in Melbourne, Australia. Located in the inner Eastern suburb of Kew, 7 kms from Melbourne’s Central Business District, Ruyton is a day school for girls from three-year-old Kindergarten and Pre-Prep to Year 12, and boys in Kindergarten and Pre-Prep.
Ruyton-XI-Towns Ruyton-XI-Towns (pronounced Rye-ton eleven towns), formally Ruyton of the Eleven Towns or simply Ruyton, is a large village in Shropshire, England. It has a population of around 1,500 people and lies on the River Perry.
Ruza Ruza () is a town and the administrative center of Ruzsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Ruza River (a tributary of the Moskva River) 100 km west of Moscow. Population: 13,516 (2002 Census); 14,643 (1989 Census).
Ruzi Ying Emperor Ruzi of Han (AD 5–AD 25), commonly known as "Ying the Kid" () and with the personal name of Liu Ying (劉嬰), was last emperor of the Chinese Western Han Dynasty from AD 6 to AD 9. After Emperor Ping died without heirs, Wang Mang chose the youngest of the available successors in order to maintain his power in the government.
Ruzica si bila "Ruzica Si Bila" is one of the most popular songs of the legendary Yugoslavian Rock & Roll Band "Bijelo Dugme" (White Button). It was performed by Bijelo Dugme's 3rd and last frontman Alen Islamovic, born in Sokolac, near Bihac, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Ruzicka large ring synthesis The Ruzicka large ring synthesis or Ruzicka reaction or Ruzicka cyclization is an organic reaction in which a dicarboxylic acid is converted to a cyclic ketone at high temperature and a suitable catalyst such as thorium oxide. The reaction is named after Lavoslav RuĹľiÄŤka who invented it in 1926.
Ruziewicz problem In mathematics, the Ruziewicz problem (sometimes Banach-Ruziewicz problem) in measure theory asks whether the usual Lebesgue measure on the n-sphere is characterised, up to proportionality, by its properties of being finitely additive , invariant under rotations, and defined on all Lebesgue measurable sets.
Ruzizi River The Ruzizi River flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending rapidly from about 1,500 metres above sea level to about 770 metres above sea level over its length. At its southern end, the Ruzizi Plain has only gentle hills, and the River flows into Lake Tanganyika through a delta.
RU-486 (musical project) RU-486 is a musical project of artist Mister White (David Allen White) that creates electronic music that ranges from Industrial and EBM to Experimental. The "band's" name "RU-486" has caused the project to receive much attention because of its relation with the drug "Mifepristone," a hotly debated and in many places outlawed substance.
RUAG Ranger RANGER is a tactical UAV system (TUAV) for a wide range of civilian and military missions. Due to an easily changeable payload, the system can be adapted to match perfectly the individual requirements of a user.
RUB A535 RUB A535 (Also know as Antiphlogistine) is a topical analgesic introduced in 1919 and manifactured by Church and Dwight in Canada. While relatively unknown outisde of Canada (it isn't sold in the US), it is indeed a very popular product for the treatment of tough muscle pain, arthritic pains, rheumatic pains, bursitis, lumbago, etc.
RULE Project RULE (Run Up-to-Date Linux Everywhere) is a project that aims to use up-to-date Linux software on old PCs (5 years old or more), by recompiling and changing some code to recent programs in order to make them use less resources so they can run conveniently.
RUN RUN was an American computer magazine published monthly by IDGE Communications with its first issue debuting in January 1984. Bi-monthly publishing began in April 1990, and went on until the magazine folded in November/December 1992.
RUOK RUOK is a telephone reassurance program offered by many local communities that contacts elderly or handicapped residents on a daily basis by phone. These residents subscribe to this service, usually through community organizations such as the police or fire departments, and are called to ensure their well being.
RUSSOFT RUSSOFT, headquartered in Saint-Petersburg, is a multi-national association of software companies of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It was founded on September 9, 1999 and has merged with the Fort-Ross Consortium in May 2004.
RV (film) RV or Runaway Vacation is a movie starring Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, JoJo, Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hutcherson. The movie began filming in the Vancouver area and southern Alberta on May 25, 2005 and finished filming in December of 2005.
RV Holding Tanks Recreational Vehicles generally have two waste water storage tanks into which the toilet (black water) and sink/basin/shower (gray water) empty. When full, these holding tanks must be drained at holding tank dump stations.
RV lifestyle The RV Lifestyle (RV stands for recreational vehicle) is made up of primarily retired people and those interested in traveling and camping rather than living in one location. Many of these people are called snowbirds.
RV park A RV park (sometimes referred to as a Recreational Vehicle park or Caravan park) is the equivalent of a hotel for people with recreational vehicles. They provide a place to park the vehicle for overnight or several days.
RVLiving magazine RVLiving is a recreational vehicle (RV) lifestyle magazine published six times a year by Rodale Press Custom Publishing. It is published for Lazydays (the nation's largest RV retailer) and distributed to Lazydays customers, Rodale customers who own an RV, and other RV enthusiasts throughout the United States.
RVR Engineering College RVR Engineering College is one of the Engineering Colleges in Guntur, offering both graduate (Masters) and under-graduate (Bachelors) courses in Engineering and Technology. It is located in the west suburban region of Guntur City, India.
Rwakitura Rwakitura is the personal country home of the president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Apart from being his personal home, it is also the site of selected official meetings with Ugandan and foreign visitors.
Rwanda Development Gateway Rwanda Development Gateway (RDG) is a project of the Government of Rwanda run under the National University of Rwanda (NUR). The RDG is implementing a Program to set up a National Portal as platform for information sharing.
Rwandan Armed Forces The Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR, from French Forces Armées Rwandaises) was the national army of Rwanda until July 1994, when the Hutu-dominated government collapsed in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide and the invasion by Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front.
Rwandan Civil War The Rwandan Civil War was a complex conflict that began in 1990 between exiled Rwandans of Tutsi ethnicity and the Hutu-dominated government of President Juvénal Habyarimana. Following an invasion by the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) in 1990, fighting had stalemated for two years until the signing of the Arusha accords in 1994.
Rwandan Genocide The Rwandan Genocide was the extermination of at least 500,000 ethnic Tutsis and thousands of moderate Hutus in Rwanda, mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during a period of about 100 days from April 6 through mid-July 1994. Other reports estimate the number of victims between 800,000 and 1,071,000.
Rwandan monarchy The Kingdom of Banyarwanda (also known as the Kingdom of Rwanda) was founded in the 15th century by a pastoral tribe, the Tutsi, occupying approximately the territory controlled by the modern state of Rwanda, before being gradually subdued by European colonial interests starting in 1890.
Rwandan Patriotic Front The Rwandan Patriotic Front (also translated as: Rwandese Patriotic Front; or referred to as: Patriotic Front of Rwanda) abbreviated as RPF (also often referred to as FPR from French: Front patriotique rwandais) is the current ruling political party of Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame. It governs in a coalition with other parties.
Rwin In computer networking, RWIN (TCP Receive Window) is the amount of data that a computer can accept without acknowledging the sender. If sender has not received acknowledgement for the first packet it sent, it will stop and wait and if this wait exceeds a certain limit, it may even retransmit.
RWD (aircraft manufacturer) RWD was a Polish aircraft construction bureau in the late 1920s and 1930s. It started as a team of three young designers, Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki, whose names formed the RWD acronym.
RWE RWE AG (until 1990: Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG) (), is a German public utility and electric power company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy conglomerate distributes electricity, gas, water and environmental services to more than 120 million clients (personal and business), principally in Europe and North America.

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