Challenges In The News 08/09/08

Gordon Brown brushed off the threat of a leadership challenge today after the disastrous defeat of Labour in the Glasgow East by-election.

BAGHDAD | The insurgency that bedeviled U.S. forces has withered enough that it is “not even much of a challenge anymore” to Iraq’s future, Ambassador Ryan Crocker said Thursday.

Earlier today Corvida set a difficult challenge for RWW readers, based on a new service called 12Seconds.tv . The challenge is to say "ReadWriteWeb" 5 times really fast in 12 seconds or less. Now, it's well known that the name 'ReadWriteWeb' is a tongue twister - even I have trouble pronouncing it at times, and I created the name!

The iPhone-Instinct navigation challenge. Audible instructions and better routing make the Samsung Instinct a better phone for navigation.

EAGLEVILLE, Pa. — Lower Providence Township officials are preparing to hear a challenge to plans for a Revolutionary War museum on private land inside Valley Forge National Historical Park.
Judgment is due today in the challenge by an Assistant Garda Commissioner who claims a law requiring him to step down because he is 60 should be struck down.

Hamilton on Singapore night race: "It will be a challenge"
A group of free running athletes challenge local enthusiasts as part of a Liverpool city centre show.

THE NORTH’S top policeman last night called for people to confront jobs causing trouble. Northumberland’s chief constable Mike Craik said he wanted a “culture change” among adults currently too scared to challenge youngsters over their behaviour.

LONDON: Jamaican Asafa Powell welcomed the challenge posed by the compatriot who stole his world 100 metres record as he prepared for his next race in the buildup to the Beijing Olympics.
After reading about a challenge to write a complete novel in 30 days, a Melbourne entrepreneur, decided to apply the same idea to his love of the Internet... and accidentally started the world's largest Internet challenge.