Challenges In The News - 03/12/08

A boy sets himself the challenge of scaling the UK's three highest peaks in six days for charity.

Jacob Alexander, the former chief executive of Comverse Technology who is fighting extradition from Namibia to face options-related fraud charges in the United States, won another delay in the proceedings. An extradition hearing was delayed until Nov. 12 as a result of a challenge filed by Mr. Alexander to the selection of the magistrate who will hear the case.

When Joseph E. Kurtz takes over as archbishop of Louisville on Wednesday, he'll face the challenge of finding more people wanting to take up the priesthood. Kurtz is stepping into an archdiocese that, for the second time in two years, has ordained no priests.

This weeks LinuxWorld event saw a number of new product announcements from open source systems management start-ups, as they look to challenge the market dominance of CA, HP, IBM and BMC.

A $6 million "Dragon's Den"-like challenge is offering companies a helping hand to expand into Britain.

MORE than 100 students from a South Wales school took part in a day-long challenge to build a catapult.

A boy sets himself the challenge of scaling the UK's three highest peaks in six days for charity.

Karen Koehler, the president of the state trial lawyers, likes a good challenge, and she has a new one: going up against insurance companies before the voters.

I WATCHED and heard Governor Eddie "Among" Panlilio over a local television channel saying he is prepared to challenge anyone in a face-to-face discussion on the merits and the true intent of the controversial letters he sent to the Provincial Board (PB), addressed to the Office of the Vice Governor.