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ANKARA, November 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Turkey plans to send its first astronaut on mission by the year 2020. An agreement to the effect was signed between the U.S. Department of Defense and the Turkish Air Force in Ankara on Thursday, Radio Turkey said. NASA would assist the training and give technological support in joint aerospace projects with Turkey. The training of Turkish astronauts will start in 2008. When the studies are complete in 2015, the future astronauts will take a NASA exam and one of them would go on mission under the U.S. space program.

News from the Energy Saving Trust Households in 2020 could be purged of their modern luxuries and forced to revert to simpler standards of living unless action is taken now to reduce escalating levels of carbon dioxide emissions, according to independent research commissioned by the Energy Saving Trust. A panel of experts have predicted two alternative scenarios for life in 2020 within the report - '2020 Futures: Energy and Waste in an Age of Excess'. The bleaker outlook predicts that without a concerted effort to curb our individual carbon dioxide emissions and create a more sustainable future, the home comforts,...

With the shuttle fleet grounded and the International Space Station staffed by a skeleton crew, NASA is set to unveil plans on Monday to take people and cargo to the moon.Even before the official announcement, there is criticism from Capitol Hill over the reported $100 billion cost of the lunar program, given U.S. government commitments to the Iraq war and the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. "This plan is coming out at a time when the nation is facing significant budgetary challenges," Rep. Bart Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat on the House Science Committee, said in a statement. "Getting agreement to move...

Not a big fan of the guy but hey, its not everyday a prophecy guy gets on a major news network. If I can remember I'll post what he says. Hopefully he won't pull a Jerry Falwell or a Pat Robertson.

In 2020, America Will Still Dominate Global Economy A new study by the Deutsche Bank Group holds good news for the United States, with the latest forecasts showing that America will continue as the key driver of the global economy, its currency will remain the most trusted, and its demographics will be the envy of the world. But for Europe, the prognosis is not so promising, explains the president of Deutsche Bank France in this op-ed from French newspaper LeFigaro. By Jacques-Henri David* August 25, 2005 Le Figaro - Home Page (French) What will the world’s economy look like in...

Al-Qaidas agenda 2020 It is considered as one of the best connoisseurs of the Qaida: The Jordanian journalist Fuad Hussein asked Vordenker of the terror network after their long-term strategy. A scenario of the fright came out - and the illusion. REUTERS Osama is shop: Filters phases up to the Kalifat Amman/Berlin - something must appear trustworthy to the philosophers of the terror at this man. Is it the common time, which Fuad Hussein and the jordanischstaemmige chief terrorist Al-Sarkawi spent before some years in the prison? The political prisoner Hussein had nevertheless negotiated at that time the release of...

In case you missed it, the DLC gave Evita a leadership role in developing a strong policy agenda to turn the red states blue. In the image of Martin Luther King, SHE HAS A DREAM! They can make America safer,create a real opportunity society, help parents instill srtong values in their children nad reform America's broken political system. 1. "We will be better protected from terror here at home and more capable of deafeating it, wherever it exists, with a unified,coherent strategy focused on eliminating terrorists wherever we find them,improving homeland defense, and delivering a message of hope and freedom...

A futuristic world, complete with autonomous household companions, android medics and even robot entertainers, will greet visitors to the Prototype Robot Exhibition in Japan from 9 June, 2005. The exhibition forms part of the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan, which runs from 25 May to 25 September. Several utility robots, including autonomous garbage collectors, vacuum cleaners and security guards, are already patrolling the wider Expo. But the Prototype Robot Exhibition gives academics and commercial researchers a chance to showcase a more distant vision of robot utopia. The exhibition features a mock-ups of homes, streets and workplaces from the year...

NEW YORK – After numerous allegations about liberal bias at the broadcast networks, an intriguing hourlong "20/20" grants airtime for five religious conservatives to explain their belief in Christianity's central miracle, the bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. ABC's "Resurrection" program airing 10 p.m. EDT Friday also brings on liberal theologians to dismiss the Easter story as a misunderstanding or a myth rather than literal history. The timing of "Resurrection," with correspondent Elizabeth Vargas, is odd and indicative: Odd because it comes nearly eight weeks after Easter (three weeks if you're Orthodox). However, this allowed for rousing scenes...

Transcript of Dr. Steven Greer's Interview on Coast to Coast AM Radio with George Noory April 4/5, 2005 Note: This interview was requested by George Noory. Coast to Coast AM Web site George Noory (GN):From the City of Angels off the Pacific Ocean, good morning, good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation, around the world. I'm George Noory. Welcome to America's most listened to late night talk show, Coast to Coast A.M... Next hour - did you know that trillions of dollars are being siphoned off by government black ops groups? Guest Catherine Austin Fitts tracks them all...

It would be the perfect media match, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton versus First Lady Laura Bush for president in 2008. Not possible, you say? Mrs. Clinton, after all, is almost certain to be running for her party's nomination. After her recent hilarious and deft comic performance at the recent White House correspondents' dinner in the nation's capital, Mrs. Bush, already far more popular than her husband, is now clearly the most well-liked woman in America.

The bien pensants at Yale Law School, are engaged in a Soros-funded conference to write us a new Constitution.(I guess they think we are too stupid to know we need one or what it should contain): Yesterday Yale Law School grad ('00) Leah Mesfin wrote to alert us to this weekend's doings at the law school. Leah noted that she'd started reading us in connection with our coverage of the Republican convention this past September. She wrote: Recently I got an invitation from the YLS to register for an upcoming conference at YLS called "The Constitution in 2020." Their plan...

With the publication of Jane Fonda’s autobiography, the public in general and veterans in particular have once again been insulted by her contentless “apology” for a single episode in her multi-faceted junket to Hanoi in July 1972. Fonda’s charade on “60 Minutes” the other night was simply a robotic reprise of what she has been repeating as a mantra for years in words carefully crafted by her spin doctors. In our 2002“Aid and Comfort”: Jane Fonda in North Vietnam, Erika Holzer and I wrote the following: "[After the Vietnam War ended], Fonda went on with her life – garnering more...

In light of this issue's report on the Idarat al-Tawahhush and its view on the secondary importance of Afghanistan in al-Qaeda's global struggle, a further window into al-Qaeda's strategic thinking is provided by a Jordanian analyst Bassam al-Baddarin. Writing on March 11 for the Arabic language daily al-Quds al-Arabi, his article ‘Al-Qaeda has drawn up working strategy lasting until 2020,' puts together from the assorted writings of al-Qaeda's ‘strategic brain' Muhammad Makkawi, what appears to be a coherent long-term strategy. It seeks to explain the series of events since September 11 2001, the events in Afghanistan and Iraq, and potentially...

Fact or Fiction? Is gasoline more expensive than ever? Do you think urban sprawl is ruining America? You might not think so after watching John Stossel's "Myths, Lies and Nasty Behavior." [...] Coming Up on 2020 Coming Up on 20/20 * Tonight on "20/20" at 10 p.m.

Today President Bush visited Florida Community College, in Jacksonville, Fla. to speak about the economy and job training ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO SANITY ISLAND!

Ahmedabad, Jan 5 (IANS) American scientists are preparing to return to the moon and send a man to Mars as part of a new project by space agency NASA, a US official said here Wednesday. Scientists are designing a new crew exploration vehicle spacecraft as part of a venture called Project Constellation, said Lee Morin, deputy assistant secretary for science at the US Department of State. The return to moon would take place between 2015 and 2020, after which the Mars exploration would be carried out, Morin told IANS on the sidelines of the 92nd Indian Science Congress here.

"What [Henderson and McKinney] did to Matt was way beyond meth rage," said O'Malley. "I just don't believe it." Last Friday, ABC aired a much-anticipated edition of "20/20" titled "A Murder in Laramie: The Mystery and the Myth" that claimed to re-examine the case and put forth new evidence surrounding the murder. The producers of "20/20" and its host, Elizabeth Vargas, suggested that Shepard was not murdered because he was gay, but because of drugs - specifically methamphetamine - and money. Those closest to the case said they were stunned and sickened by ABC's report, and claimed "20/20" deliberately massaged...

A hit piece on Neil Bush about his divorce almost two years ago with interviews of his bitter ex-wife. "In attempting to reach out to her in-laws, Sharon said she received a baffling response. "I just really basically was turned off, turned away," Sharon said, though she recounted a conversation with her mother-in-law, Barbara. "I said I think Neil is having a mid-life crisis. You know, I'm worried about his business and maybe stress was leading to this e-mail. And she basically said, you talk to your mother and Neilsy will talk to me. And Neilsy will never abandon his...

I am so mad! Here are some links on some of kerry's consulting contracts and relatives to use as counter-ammo. I wanted to share the research so we can get this info out. Neal is probably a jerk and a bum but to use this as election smear against George is abominable! http://ojc.org/powforum/editor/lippo2.htm http://encyclopedia.fablis.com/index.php/Lee_Harvey_Oswald http://www.rense.com/general56/chinkerr.htm http://www.gogov.com/kerryoutsourcing1.htm