Challenges in the news - 01/30/2008

A top official said China faces a "major challenge" maintaining the safety of its farm produce despite declaring success in a four-month food quality crackdown, state media reported Wednesday.

A documentary about a Johannesburg therapist who forms an orphanage in a South African village decimated by AIDS. She discovers her biggest challenge is breaking the cycle of child abuse and giving the kids the opportunity to survive.

KOCHI: After enjoying a cakewalk in the CBSE National athletic championship, Labour India Public School is hungry for a new challenge.

Mohamed Sissoko is keen for Juventus to agree a deal with Liverpool as the midfielder 'wants a new challenge'. The 22-year-old has been a long-term target for Juventus and has grown frustrated due to his lack of first-team football this season.

All-star student scholars from North Babylon High School will challenge Greenport High School in the first round of the 11th season of Cablevision's The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students' knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format.

It's time to put your thinking cap on as a Thunder Bay-based organization is challenging entrepreneurs to come up with a marketable idea. The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre launched its 5th annual Idea Factory Challenge on Wednesday and are encouraging people to submit their ideas or inventions.

By Jenn McDowell WEARE – The FIRST robotics season kicked off for teams around the world with the announcement of this year’s challenge: FIRST Overdrive.

A well-known Des Moines Democrat plans to challenge Leonard Boswell in the next primary.

The British government approved Thursday a new generation of nuclear power stations, describing the move as "compelling" but infuriating environmentalists who are considering a legal challenge.

Auckland hooker Tom McCartney will be looking to challenge All Black No.2 Keven Mealamu for his spot in the Blues front row in this year's Super 14 competition.

MONTVALE, N.J. ( Map ) - MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL ) today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, has initiated a challenge of the patents listed by Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in connection with its Eloxatin(R) (Oxaliplatin Aqueous Solution), 5mg/mL Injectable.