Challenges in the news - 02/24/2008

Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) Addressing the threat of the A.Q. Khan network built by the father of Pakistan's atom bomb and potentially similar networks more effectively has been listed as a key challenge to the non-proliferation regime by a US think tank.

Among them are 20 Syracuse City School District graduates who will be attending Syracuse University, fulfilling a challenge from eighth grade posed by SU and the school district.

The challenge posed by Apple's iTunes has made big names launch their own digital music facilities in an effort to out-compete the former. Yesterday there were two separate announcements regarding digital music downloads.

OCEANSIDE -- City Attorney John Mullen on Tuesday denied a citizens group's challenge to the San Diego Chargers' "credibility," saying that a reference to "noise data calculations" made by the National Football League team's lead negotiator, Mark Fabiani, during a TV interview last month referred only to a general primer prepared for the city of Chula Vista.

Count Nebraska freshman kicker Adi Kunalic among those in favor of kickoffs beginning from the 30-yard line. “I love it, man,” said Kunalic, noting he welcomes the challenge. “I love it. If we were still kicking it from the 35, I’d be getting it behind the end zone.

Bangladesh's military-backed government, facing its first major challenge since taking office in January, on Wednesday imposed an indefinite curfew after violent student clashes that left one man dead.

MONMOUTH - Council members did not challenge the mayoral veto at the regularly scheduled meeting Monday at city hall. During old business presented to council, Mayor Rod Davies gave the opportunity for council to challenge or discuss it but he received no response.

The grapple tackle crackdown is set to face a triple challenge at the National Rugby League judiciary as clubs refuse to admit to the illegal tactic.

The humvee driver, in his final moments, didn't know what hit him. Neither did the U.S. Army. When a makeshift roadway bomb killed Spec. Joel Bertoldie in Fallujah four years ago, it was the opening salvo in what has grown into a multibillion-dollar challenge for a U.S. military no more prepared for it than was the young soldier from Missouri.

BEIJING— Poisoned pet food and lead-tainted children's toys have created jitters worldwide about the safety of Chinese exports, but lost in the media storm is this fact: Consumers in China face an even more daunting challenge from misleading labels and unscrupulous manufacturers.

The Government has vowed to "robustly" challenge a decision to allow the man who stabbed headmaster Philip Lawrence to death to stay in the UK.