Challenges In The News 10/01/08

Remember those moves if you are challenged.

Marseille striker Djibril Cisse, who sealed a loan move to Sunderland on Wednesday, said he was looking forward to a new challenge in the English Premier League.

Intel cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.

'Think up and prototype the next big product in healthcare.' This was the challenge that Siemens recently set schools and colleges in the Surrey area close to its headquarters as part of the 'Siemens and Institution of Engineering and Technology Engineering in Healthcare Challenge.

Bok flyhalf Butch James says he is really looking forward to the challenge of coming up against Australia's Matt Giteau in a crucial Tri-Nations encounter.

FORMER treasurer Peter Costello says "everyone knows" he's not going to challenge for the Liberal Party leadership.

Arsene Wenger believes new signing Mikael Silvestre's experience will give Arsenal the "extra depth" needed challenge for the title The Gunners manager went against normal club policy of not buying players in their 30s to sign the Manchester United defender on a two-year deal late on Wednesday evening.

By Rob Moritz Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Supporters of an initiative that would ban unmarried people who live together from adopting or fostering children in Arkansas can expect a legal challenge if the measure qualifies for the November general election ballot, a spokeswoman for a coalition of opponents said Wednesday.

Another MCA-II round of results is in, and it means there's another challenge awaiting teachers and administrators in the Crookston School District.

A group of pro-Palestinian activists are determined to embark Thursday on an unpredictable voyage for the Gaza Strip, in a bid to challenge a year-long blockade Israel has imposed upon the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave.

MORE than 50 journalists who took part in the Formula Plus media go-kart endurance challenge 2008 pushed their machines to the limit at the Speedway Plus Circuit in Shah Alam recently.