Challenges In The News 08/06/08

Keiron Cunningham is excited by the prospect of his eighth Challenge Cup final.

BANGKOK - THAILAND'S new foreign minister will face a tough challenge immediately after being sworn in Sunday, as he heads to Cambodia for talks on a tense border dispute that brought down his predecessor.

DeGraffenried up for the challenge of starting a basketball program

District Attorney Frank Parrish said he will review documents from a recent residency challenge involving allegations of perjury by 4th Ward City Councilman

CSC-Saxo Bank's Carlos Sastre withstood the challenge from Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans on Saturday, defending his yellow jersey going into the final stage of the 2008 Tour de France.

Athletes in our area are up for a challenge. The Odyssey Adventures Races were at Camp Bethel in Botetourt County. Men and women were a part of two races, one sprinting race that lasted about five hours.

Olympic heptathlon favorite Kelly Sotherton will head to Beijing next week after an "encouraging weekend" which saw her win a four-event challenge at the London Grand Prix.

Tony Stewart can afford challenge of ownership Delegation, organization and bossing people came to Tony Stewart early in life. His mother, Pam Boas, knew he had it in him to run a racing team.

Standing slightly more than 4 feet tall, 9-year-old Tuguldur proudly stated the greatest challenge he faced in a horse race across the Mongolian plains in the country's annual Naadam Festival was serenading his horse.

London, July 26 : Jordan's Queen Rania has set up her own YouTube channel to challenge Western stereotypes about Islam and to warn youth from her country against extremism.

Labour is focused on the economic challenge, not plotting against Gordon Brown, its deputy leader says.