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Friday, April 5, 2013

Ria Novosti inforgraphic: Balance of forces in the Koreas

RIA NovostiBalance of Forces on Korean PeninsulaBalance of Forces on Korean Peninsula
10:00 05/04/2013 The North Korean army has said that it is ready to launch a “merciless” attack on the United States, including possible nuclear strikes.>>

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Ria Novosti Infographic: Childrens' Rights

RIA NovostiChildren’s rightsChildren’s rights
10:09 13/01/2013 The most important children’s rights based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child>>

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Russian double agent celebrates 90th birtday

RIA NovostiGeorge BlakePutin Congratulates Famous Spy Blake on His 90th Birthday
16:33 11/11/2012 Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated famous double agent George Blake on his 90th birthday, the Kremlin press office said on Sunday.>>

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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Ria Novosti: Debate Cartoon

RIA NovostiObama, Romney Square off in First Debate Obama, Romney Square off in First Debate
17:29 04/10/2012 US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed over the economy Wednesday in a highly anticipated debate just weeks before the November 6 presidential election.
The standoff in Denver, Colorado, featured spirited exchanges but no discernible blunders by either candidate.>>

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Ria Novosti Infographic: Likely Scenarios for Israeli Attack Against Iran

RIA NovostiLikely Scenarios for Israeli Attack Against IranLikely Scenarios for Israeli Attack Against Iran

18:12 17/04/2012 Israel has hinted in recent months it may carry out a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. The United States has also refused to rule out force.>>


Rightrdia thinks an Israel attack is unlikely because US strategic bomber and tanker support would be essential to a sucessful attack.

Obama is astute enough to know such an attack would result in a regional war and even conflict with Russia.

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Friday, March 16, 2012

RN: Map of Iranian nuclear sites

RIA NovostiPeaceful Nuclear Energy or Nuclear Weapons?Peaceful Nuclear Energy or Nuclear Weapons?
10:51 20/01/2012 A second Iranian uranium enrichment plant has opened near the city of Qom>>

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Friday, February 10, 2012

RN: IPhone evolution Infographic

RIA NovostiiPhone evolutioniPhone evolution
09:21 04/02/2012 For five years now, Apple has stayed loyal to the original design but keeps loading its smart phone with new features.>>

The Infographic compares the features, processor, memory and camera of the different IPhones.

source: Ria Novosti

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

RN: A day in Russian interceptor pilot's life



Rightardia is not certain if the US Air force even has an Air force units dedicated to the air defense mission anymore.

An interceptor is a different type of fighter aircraft that is designed to fly fast and high and destroy aircraft violating sovereign air space. Usually interceptors are large twin-engined fighter aircraft.

This RIA Novosti video will take you on a tour of the Khotilovo Airbase, home to Su-27 and MiG-31 fighter-interceptors.

After the Nazi invasion of the old Soviet Union, the Russians became more concerned about defense than the US in which a good offense, often preemptive,  is considered the best defense.

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Monday, January 16, 2012

RN: Strait of Hormuz Infographic

RIA NovostiThe situation around the Strait of HormuzThe situation around the Strait of Hormuz
20:23 16/01/2012 The United States and the United Kingdom continue to build up their regional military presence in the wake of Iranian statements about the possibility of blocking the Strait of Hormuz>>
RIa Novosti (RN) InfoGraphics are exceptional. Unfortunately, the Infographics are copyrighted so Rightardia could not use them. However, RN now allows its articles to be embedded.

So lucky you will now get to get to see an RN infoGraphic.

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

St. Petersburg Times now called Tampa Bay Times

The wonderful St. Petersburg times is now called the Tampa Bay Times. The Times is one of the best newspapers in the southeast and we greatly appreciate the ability to post some of their articles and editorials.

The only other news entities we are aware of that allows the complete news article to be posted are Ria Novosti and Russia Today.

Of course, many media such as Al Jazeera allow Blogger to post links which we embellish with copy and a picture or a video.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Russia has new rocket propelled "flamethrower"



A new flame-thrower, the Shmel-M, has entered service with the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RSBD).
RPO-M thermobaric grenade launcher

Supplied with a thermobaric charge, the weapon can destroy enemy targets within a radius of 800 meters.

The rocket consists of an solid-propellant engine, folding tail fins and a large thermobaric warhead, loaded with a fuel-air explosive. The blast effect of the RPO-M warhead is said to be comparable with that of the 155mm / 6" HE artillery shell.
source: http://world.guns.ru/grenade/rus/rpo-m-shmel-m-e.html and Ria novosti

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Treasure map of the USSR restored



Artists from St. Petersburg are restoring a huge map of the USSR studded with diamonds, jaspers and rubies. The original bejeweled map was created in the 1930s.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Russia pleased with choice of new U.S. ambassador

23:20 29/05/2011
Michael McFaul, new U.S. ambassador to Russia

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) An appointment of U.S. President Barack Obama's top adviser, Michael McFaul a new U.S. ambassador to Russia may help to get rid of mistrust between the United States and Russia, the head of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis, Alexander Konovalov told RIA Novosti.

Earlier on Sunday New York Times reported, citing an anonymous White House official that Obama had decided to appoint McFaul, a current senior director of Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, the next U.S. ambassador to Russia.

"McFaul is a young man, very close to Obama and a devoted supporter of his policy. Moreover, he is specializing on Russian issues. Since McFaul is a person from presidential staff, his appointment would show that Washington pays serious attention to the Russian politics," Konovalov said.

The expert said that McFaul seems to be the best candidate to develop Russian-U.S. relations since "he knows Russia well, he is familiar with the problems of national security."

McFaul was born in 1963 in the U.S. city of Glasgow, Montana. In mid-80s he obtained master's degree in Slavic and East European Studies from Stanford University. In 1991, being a Rhodes Scholar, McFaul earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from Oxford University.

He is the author or several books on Russia, including Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform and U.S. Policy Toward Russia After the Cold War.

Commenting on the possibility of McFaul's appointment, Konovalov said that he had previously heard about it. "As far I understand, this rumor is being spread in Washington's top circles. As a rule, such things are confirmed. I think we can take it seriously."

White House and U.S. Department of State however refused to comment on McFaul's candidacy.
McFaul may replace John Beyrle, a current U.S. ambassador to Moscow, appointed by Bush's administration in 2008.

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Ria Novosti: Western warplanes bomb civilian targets, oil depots in Libya

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23:59 19/03/2011

CAIRO, March 19 (RIA Novosti)  Western warplanes are bombing civilian targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the Libyan Al Jamahiriya satellite TV channel said on Saturday.

Other Libyan media reported that oil depots near the city of Misrat were pounded. "The whole region is in jeopardy of fires," the Libyan news agency Jana said.

On Thursday the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Libya. Paris has taken the leading role in coordinating the world's response to the tumult. U.S., British and French military have all launched strikes against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Around 20 French Rafale and Mirage warplanes were sent to patrol the skies over the city of Benghazi. Since the beginning of the attack, the French aviation has destroyed four government tanks in the neighborhoods of the rebellious city.

British forces are in action over Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed. Speaking after an emergency Cobra meeting, Cameron said the action being taken by international forces was "necessary, legal and right". "Gaddafi has made this happen."

A U.S. warship has fired over 100 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Gaddafi's air defense sites, U.S. Admiral William Gortney said. The U.S. operation is named "Odyssey Dawn".

Countries including Canada, Denmark, Spain and Norway have sent jets to Libya, while Italy said it would permit the use of airbases such as Sigonella in Sicily and Aviano in the north to launch strikes.
 
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Russian designers have created a “smart” grenade



RIA Novosti (71 sec./5.27Mb)-- Russian designers have created a “smart” grenade, which decides how best to destroy a target.

Will this weapon replace the famous Russian Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launcher?

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Provocative Russia Today ads rejected by airports



Major US airports refused to display images intended for use in the RT's December'09 US advertising campaign. An alternative version (the one saying 'Our Ad. Politically correct.) was accepted though, and can be seen on display in airports of New York NY, Washington DC, Baltimore MD and Newark NJ.

RT advertisements, which are turning heads in the UK, juxtapose provocative images which show different sides of a story. RT asks questions and encourage viewers to question more, since you can only reach a balanced judgment by being better informed. By challenging the accepted view, RT reveals a side of the news that you wouldn't normally see.

We agree and find all sorts of information on Russia Today and Ria Novosti that cannot be found elsewhere. We like the alternative and refreshing view points. Well done, Russia today!


After all, the more you question, the more you know.

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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Ria Novosti: another impressive video of the 60th anniversary of the PRC



This is another interesting video of the Chinese 6oth Anniversary.  The Chinese put on quite a show that was equivalent to what it did during the Beijing Olympics.

The children at the end of the video are reminiscent of the Dragon Ball Z cartoon series.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Badger gets snookered in Germany

RIA Novosti Dmitry Debabov

MOSCOW, July 8 (RIA Novosti) - A dead animal lying in a road in the German state of Lower Saxony turned out to be a drunk badger taking a nap, a German online paper said on Wednesday citing police in Goslar.

When police officers arrived at the scene late on Monday to remove the body, which was blocking traffic, they were stunned to find that the animal was not dead or injured, the Local reported.

"Right in the middle of the street there was a badger sitting and staring at the officers incredulously," a police statement said, the Local reported.

The officers discovered that the animal, which was not frightened by their presence, had been snacking on overripe cherries from a nearby tree, the paper said.

"The animal's belly digested the fruit to alcohol, and the badger was, as the saying goes, 'drunk as a blackbird'," the statement said, adding that the badger was also suffering from "diarrhoea containing cherry pits."

Officers directed the badger off the road, where he could "sleep off his intoxication in a meadow," the paper said.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Russia Today Special

Rightardia has been using a lot of videos from Russia Today which is privately run. Russians must have a satellite dish and be able to understand English to listen to Russia Today. Ria Novosti is the state run news service. Unfortunately Ria Novosti does not allow it videos to be embedded. 



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Monday, June 22, 2009

Rightardia Editorial: Islamic world needs more science and less religion

Since I started the Rightardia blog I have read a lot of foreign news looking for interesting stories that are not featured in US media. I find a lot of stories on the Ria Novosti news service and China News Daily (xinhua). I also use the Al Jazeera web site. It does a great job on international sports and I have followed soccer (international football) for years.

The Russian web sites are interesting because they are always talking about their new weapons systems. Pravda which used to be an official organ of the old Soviet Union is more like the National Enquirer. It has stories of an alien that fisherman caught in the Caspian who looked like a sturgeon and was very tasty. I also has interesting stories about Russian religions and relationships.

The China News Service is very polished and wonderful stories about Chinese culture and animals. Both the Russians and Chinese have science sections. You will often find articles in Chinese news about new dinosaur discoveries or Chinese archaeology. Some of the ancient artifacts the Chinese discovered are 4,000 years old have amazing craftsmanship. The Chinese culture was clearly one of the most advanced ancient cultures in the world.

Al Jazeera is a professional news site. But one thing that struck me about was that it doesn't have a science section. The Islamic World has more than a billion people in it. Why isn't science being discussed?

Some important achievements that came from Islam were medicine, the paper mill, and a unified language.

During the Golden Age period also, a paper mill was built in Baghdad. Paper was first invented in China. Soon paper replaced parchment, which is skin of animals and papyrus, which is a plant made from ancient Egypt. This made advances in education for making books.

The development of Arabic into a language of international scholars. Scholars could communicate with one another and ideas were translated. This could be read and discussed by scholars from all over the Islamic

Astronomy was important to Muslims because of their religion. They needed to know the start of the month Ramadan, the hours of prayer and the direction of Mecca. They would observe the position of the sun and moon, so they would know the direction of Mecca.

Agricultural advances were also made in the Islamic world. Many new plants were introduced into all parts of Islam from Africa, Europe, India and China. Muslims advanced in grafting, which is cutting off a branch from a plant and placing it onto another. Also fertilizers were used by Muslims to increase agricultural production.

Many other accomplishments were made in math and other areas in the Middle East, but many of these accomplishments in Iraq, Egypt and other countries that are Islamic today occurred before Mohamed unified the Arab world.

There are only two Islamic Noble laureates in science: Ahmed Zewail won a Noble for chemistry in 1999 and Abdus Salam won a Nobel for physics in 1979. That's it.

An article by Pervez Hoodbhoy is chair and professor in the department of physics at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan, provided some answers. He indicates the rise of secularism in the Arab world started to reverse some of the anti-science Islamic trends. But the West interfered and created a worse situation:

In the mid-1950s all Muslim leaders were secular, and secularism in Islam was growing. What changed? Here the West must accept its share of responsibility for reversing the trend. Iran under Mohammed Mossadeq, Indonesia under Ahmed Sukarno, and Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser are examples of secular but nationalist governments that wanted to protect their national wealth. 
Western imperial greed, however, subverted and overthrew them. At the same time, conservative oil-rich Arab states—such as Saudi Arabia—that exported extreme versions of Islam were US clients. The fundamentalist Hamas organization was helped by Israel in its fight against the secular Palestine Liberation Organization as part of a deliberate Israeli strategy in the 1980s. 
Perhaps most important, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the US Central Intelligence Agency armed the fiercest and most ideologically charged Islamic fighters and brought them from distant Muslim countries into Afghanistan, thus helping to create an extensive globalized jihad network.


Hoodbhoy also notes that Islam has to be reconciled with science with religious demands made on a fully observant Muslim's time, energy, and mental concentration. “The faithful must participate in five daily congregational prayers, endure a month of fasting that taxes the body, recite daily from the Qur'an, and more. Although such duties orient believers admirably well toward success in the life hereafter, they make worldly success less likely. A more balanced approach will be needed. “

Hoodbhoy states that science can prosper among Muslims once again, but only with a willingness to accept certain basic philosophical and attitudinal changes—a Weltanschauung that shrugs off the dead hand of tradition, rejects fatalism and absolute belief in authority, accepts the legitimacy of temporal laws, values intellectual rigor and scientific honesty, and respects cultural and personal freedoms. “The struggle to usher in science will have to go side-by-side with a much wider campaign to elbow out rigid orthodoxy and bring in modern thought, arts, philosophy, democracy, and pluralism, said Hoodbhoy.

Perhaps a science column in al Jazeera would help. Islamic people need to become creators of science, not just users.

Sources:

wiki.answers.com/Q/The_most_important_Islamic_achievements

ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_60/iss_8/49_1.shtml

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