The nearest airstrip is located on Ascension.

Ascension was discovered by the Portuguese in 1501 and found again on Ascension Day in 1503 by Alphonse d'Albuquerque, who named the uninhabited island.

Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.

As at that date, responsibility for services was undertaken by a new, transitional Ascension Island Government, consisting of the Governor of St. Helena and the Administrator of Ascension.

The United States and Great Britain still jointly operate the airfield (RAF Ascension Island) on Ascension, which also serves as a space based communications, signals intelligence, and navigation nexus and hub (Ground station).

With Faisal's ascension to the throne, the Iraqi Army became the Royal Iraqi Army (RIrA).

Every child recapitulates this ascension, straddling one or both legs, sitting sideways, or leaning against the body.

At the time of his ascension to power, Bosnia was already decentralized by the semi independent nobility.

His son s ascension, unlike that of Bashar on the eve of his father s death, is anything but settled.

President Joseph Kabila established the Commission of Repression of Economic Crimes upon his ascension to power in 2001.

Later, Aurelian (270 75) reunited the empire the Crisis ended with the ascension and reforms of Diocletian in 284.

In 1815, when Napoleon was a prisoner on St. Helena, a small British naval garrison was stationed on Ascension.

Throughout 2001 and 2002, there was considerable discussion among the inhabitants of Ascension about the future shape of their government.

The proposed constitution also offers an opportunity to redefine the relationship between St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.37

In October 2004, Governor David Hollamby was replaced as Governor of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha by Michael Clancy.

As with the existing Constitution of St. Helena, the proposed constitution would only apply in part to Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

After the ascension in China of Xi Jinping, regarded by the People s Liberation Army (PLA) as its own man, Japan seems set to swing to the right in its impending election an outcome likely to fuel nationalist passion on both sides of the Sino Japanese rivalry.

Bitter controversy marked Jonathan s ascension to power in May 2010, following the death of President Umaru Yar Adua after only three years in office.

Obama s ascension to the US presidency represents a revolutionary landmark in America s history that should not be allowed to fall victim to inflated expectations.

Somehow a shared interest creeps in and all those promises get shelved or forgotten to be revived upon a new ascension to a throne.

The distance between the northern tip of Ascension Island and the southern tip of Gough Island is (an equivalent distance between London and the Dead Sea).

Access to St. Helena is provided by the Royal Mail Ship St. Helena, which serves St. Helena, Ascension, Walvis Bay, Namibia, and Cape Town, South Africa.

Or you ascend into the sky . Even then , we will not believe in your ascension , unless you bring down for us a book that we can read .

Or you ascend into the sky . Even then , we will not believe in your ascension , unless you bring down for us a book that we can read .

Still to be developed, however, is another governmental body, a joint consultative forum, which would harmonize the relationship between St. Helena and Ascension on matters of common interest.

And I have come to find that a more appropriate metaphor for aging is a staircase the upward ascension of the human spirit, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity.

Do they own the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them ? If so , let them ascend to the higher spheres by the means of ascension .

Do they own the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them ? If so , let them ascend to the higher spheres by the means of ascension .

Some 30 per cent of the island's workforce is employed on Ascension, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and the United Kingdom their remittances to St. Helena total 2 million per year.

Cavendish set off across the Atlantic towards Saint Helena with the remainder of the crew, but died of unknown causes at age 31, possibly off Ascension Island in the South Atlantic in 1592.

Or until you have a house of gold , or you ascend into the sky . And we will not believe your ascension until you bring down for us a book that we may read .

Or until you have a house of gold , or you ascend into the sky . And we will not believe your ascension until you bring down for us a book that we may read .

Until 2001, all administrative and public services were provided by Ascension Island Services, a joint venture partnership between the BBC World Service and Cable and Wireless, directed by a London Board of Users .

Even though your ascension to the position of Prime Minister came in an awkward way because of Ariel Sharon s stroke, I believe that you have an opportunity to be part of a historic reconciliation.

( As during the night of Holy Prophet s ascension , when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem . Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection . )

Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky . And even then , we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read .

Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky . And even then , we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read .

Given the high hopes that preceded ascension to the EU, and the stingy attitude of the Union to its new members, it should not surprise anyone if an anti European reaction soon starts to brew in these countries.

The Territory comprises a total land area of 412 square kilometres Ascension lies 1,200 kilometres to the north west of St. Helena, and Tristan da Cunha and the other small islands are approximately 2,400 kilometres to the south.

or you have a house made of gold or you ascend to heaven and we will not believe in your ascension until you send down to us a Book that we can read . Tell them , Holy is my Lord .

or you have a house made of gold or you ascend to heaven and we will not believe in your ascension until you send down to us a Book that we can read . Tell them , Holy is my Lord .

Yeah, right is not the right response!

Or thou have a house of gold or thou ascend up into heaven , and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for us a book that we can read . Say ( O Muhammad ) My Lord be Glorified !

Or thou have a house of gold or thou ascend up into heaven , and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for us a book that we can read . Say ( O Muhammad ) My Lord be Glorified !

As well as containing provisions that apply only to St. Helena and some which apply only partly to Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, the proposed constitution also contains provisions designed especially for the dependencies, such as provisions relating to the island councils.