Challenges In The News 06/13/08

Council chiefs have agreed to meet the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) to discuss the trade group’s fears over a compulsory Challenge 21 scheme.

A story in Sunday's Journal contained an error in the schedule for a high school basketball challenge on Saturday. The girls' game will begin at 2:30 p.m.; the boys will play at 5:30 p.m. The Journal regrets the error. Good luck to all the players!

Verizon Communications Inc., seeking to challenge AT&T Inc., is in discussions to buy wireless provider Alltel Corp. for $27 billlion, according to people familiar with the talks.

BRIDGTON (NEWS CENTER) -- Students at the Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton were given a challenge to read as many books as possible in two months. Wednesday, they got their reward.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nevada officials say they've filed the first challenge against a Bush administration bid to win Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval for a national nuclear waste dump outside Las Vegas.

LONDON: British sprinter Dwain Chambers will challenge the British Olympic Association’s lifetime ban at London’s High Court in a bid to compete in Beijing.

While Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers used an explosive offense to reach the NBA finals, their defensive adjustments were critical as well. Now, after getting past the likes of Utah's Carlos Boozer and San Antonio's Tim Duncan in the Western Conference playoffs, they face perhaps their most daunting challenge in Boston's Kevin Garnett, a versatile 7-footer who can do damage from the ...

Sam Warriner and Bevan Docherty will head the challenge in this weekend's world championships in Vancouver. New Zealand will be well-represented, from elite men and women through to a 110-strong age group team, with racing starting tomorrow for the juniors to the elite category on Monday.

4 June 2008 - Aid deliveries to the victims of Cyclone Nargis have stepped up in recent days but access for international workers to the worst affected areas in Myanmar remains a challenge, according to United Nations aid agencies.

Koh Samui (Thailand), June 4 (IANS) Gaurav Ghei will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Bangkok Airways Open which tees off Thursday. Ghei, winner of the Pine Valley Beijing Open in 2007, is looking for his fourth Asian Tour title, the first of which came 13 years ago in 1995.

NAIROBI, Kenya, JUNE 4, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).-The question of migration is both a challenge and an opportunity, and one that needs new answers in the face of new complexities, said Cardinal Renato Martino to the African Continental Congress in Nairobi.