Challenges In The News - 03/20/08

The Ecotourism NZ Conference has ended three days of debate, discussion and inspiration with a challenge for New Zealand - lead the world in ecotourism.

Some voters in Hinds County could have to contend with more than politicians looking for their support on election day. The expected extreme heat will be a challenge at more than a half dozen precincts without air conditioning.

Experts say a lawsuit involving an Islamic charity might be the strongest challenge to warrantless wiretap program.

Beijing police briefly detained foreign journalists reporting on an event held by press freedom activists on Monday, underscoring the media-management challenge Chinese authorities face ahead of the 2008 Olympics.

The murder of three college students left residents of Newark shaken and angry Monday, prompting a march on City Hall and providing a major challenge for the city's new reform-minded mayor

The South African Rugby Players Association (SARPA) will challenge the decision of the rugby administration in South Africa that no overseas-based players will in future be eligible for national selection.

Swiss drug firm Novartis AG lost a key patent challenge case on its cancer medicine Glivec at a court in India's southern city of Chennai.

The challenge is always the same: how to make men look good in high heels.

India and South Africa shared the challenge of a struggle against poverty, President Thabo Mbeki told businessmen in Johannesburg on Friday. Business was vital if this problem was to be effectively addressed, Mbeki told the Seventh India Calling Conference.

Best-selling author Dennis Avery is the next prominent figure to challenge the facts Al Gore is promoting in his global warming crusade. Mr. Avery is co-author of Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years. Both Al Gore and Dennis Avery have New York Times best-selling books on global warming, but with opposite conclusions.

This week's graphics challenge theme is Hands. Lend a hand for this handy challenge. Hands down, you'll have fun if you can handle it. We have supplied some starting images...