Challenges In The News 07/22/08

This coming year will be very nasty for everyone. Nor can the U.S. protect the regime from its own domestic challenges, ranging from religious zealotry to pressure for modernization to rising unemployment and a tidal wave of your (40% of the population is under 15 years of age) – all of which makes the regime’s task of acting only with consensus that much harder.

In fact, cities facing the same challenges, including Long Beach, have already moved to curtail residential and commercial water usage and punish waste.

Nasrallah warned May 8 that the decisions announced two days earlier amounted to a serious provocation that challenged the group’s self-proclaimed status as leader of the resistance to Israeli and American plans for the region.
Cole also warned of a “challenging” environment facing Republicans this fall, and an overarching reason for that stems from public attitudes toward the GOP’s leader for eight years, President Bush. The challenge that the governor and lawmakers face is daunting. The state has dropped $6 billion further into the red since January, when California was already struggling financially.
An even tougher challenge for Mr. Immelt than selling weak businesses may be turning around ailing businesses he is determined to keep.

Mr. Salter says he plans to advise Sen. McCain to challenge Sen. Obama on trade and on what Mr. Salter says is the Democrat’s “empty optimism.”

AT&T, Others Hit by Challenges in India

CBS bids to boost Internet reach: Its $1.8 billion deal for CNET is eye-popping, drew flak from critics for its high price and its daunting management challenges.
China allows foreign relief teams as earthquake toll rises. Officials say the death count may double to 50,000. Accessing the mountainous area remains a challenge.
The plan by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, City Atty. Dennis Herrera and gay rights lawyers to challenge state law by marrying same-sex couples was carefully drawn.