Challenges In The News 09/23/08

At a press conference at city hall last week, Mayor Sam Katz officially announced that he is taking the challenge by signing up to participate in The Challenge For Life 20 km walk in support of CancerCare Manitoba.

The EU began global trade talks by saying that it could reduce farm tariffs by 60 per cent in a challenge to developing countries to make reciprocal concessions.

In a contest tinged by ethnic politics, the State Senator Kevin S. Parker is facing the unusually tough challenge of having two opponents, both from the City Council.

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Jenoptik AG , Europe's largest maker of traffic cameras, plans to double sales of the equipment in North America next year to challenge Redflex Holdings Ltd. The challenge newspapers must meet immediately is to find more revenue on the Internet, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism's study, called "The Changing Newsroom: What is Being Gained and What is Being Lost in America's Daily Newspapers."

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Chelsea's ageing squad may struggle to challenge for honours next season.

The umpires' word is still final but the new technology that allows players to challenge their rulings will only help them make the right decisions, an International Cricket Council official said Wednesday.

NEWFIELD — One of the nation's leading legal advocacy groups for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has urged the Newfield Central School District to reconsider its successful jurisdictional challenge of human rights law protection for students on the grounds that it will end a method of addressing discrimination for LGBT students.

Wolf welcomes challenge

After years of covering the arts in print, Charlotte Higgins is taking on the challenge of becoming a full-time blogger

Heavy metal stars IRON MAIDEN have launched a soccer challenge to Norway's top rockers in a bid to bounce back from an 8-1 drubbing there three years ago (05).