Challenges In The News 06/21/08

A special Mass was offered for Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao before his challenge against WBC lightweight champ David Diaz Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in their "Lethal Combination" clash at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

PESHAWAR, June 28: The federal government supports peace deals signed by the NWFP government with militants in violence-prone areas of the province, but it will allow no one to challenge the government’s writ, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday.

Conservatives from the world's largest Anglican provinces who are angered by liberal thinking in churches in North America and elsewhere plan to create a global fellowship that challenges worldwide Anglican unity but stops short of a formal split.

Many potential supporters of Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. president, want to believe in the Illinois senator. But they remain unconvinced as to whether he is up to the challenge.

Gates ends active role with Microsoft. When major challenges came from the Netscape Web browser and the Java programming language, Gates reacted with the full power of Microsoft’s monopoly position, provoking a government antitrust lawsuit that could have split the company but which was settled under the Bush administration.

Over the long term, the lawyer’s most important challenge will be to cement their new identity as defenders of the rule of law and, in turn, sustain their popular mandate for serving in this role. After decades of judicial subservience to the executive, this will be no easy task. Much depends on whether they can demonstrate real political efficacy in the current crisis by restoring the deposed judges.

Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent contains a challenge that is hard to dismiss. Do your rights proceed from the utilitarian concern for desired outcomes (in this case, a fair trial) or from an essential dignity grounded in free will?

Genetic studies can reconstruct evolutionary links by comparing small changes that have accumulated within the genes of different species. But studying birds that way posed a challenge because the major bird groups emerged in quick succession more than 65 million years ago, making their genetic changes harder to decipher.

6 police officers slain in ambush in Mexico. The attack followed the slaying Thursday of a senior police commander, part of a long string of killings apparently aimed at eroding public confidence in the government’s ability to challenge drug gangs.

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Nielsen says in a statement that although it believes its ratings “provide a fair picture of what younger viewers are watching,” the audience is challenging to track. We are working closely with the CW and all of our clients to continuously improve our measurement. The network introduced multipart commercials called “content wraps” in its first year; in its second year, it introduced ultra-short commercials it called “cwickies.” Next year, the network is focusing its efforts on TV and Web integrations, says Executive Vice President of Network Sales Bill Morningstar.