To achieve its task, Sandline was reported to have ordered an arsenal of weapons, including helicopters armed with rockets and machineguns.

ECONOMIST: Papua New Guinea

The second principle, says Mr Cameron, should be to keep down the risk of a breach by using as little information as possible to achieve the task in hand.

ECONOMIST: It's best for governments not to know too much

It has, first of all, attracted several of the largest big-name investment groups, a nearly impossible task to achieve for most small biotechs.

FORBES: ZIOPHARM Oncology: Why This Tiny Biotech Has Attracted Fidelity And Other Big Investors

One important task for philosophers here is the attempt to achieve conceptual clarity, and offer diagnoses of why speculation can result in confusion.

ECONOMIST: Philosophy of consciousness

Instead, he has been left to sort out the Gordian Knot that is the U.K.'s 4G spectrum auction, a task even Alexander the Great's sword would have failed to achieve.

WSJ: U.K.'s 4G Auction a Missed Opportunity for Real Competition

With only 5 years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve Education for All goals, the GCE reminds the international community once again, their task of being the voice for the voiceless by increasing the frequency of their demands from governments to live up to their commitments in education.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Just last week the White House said it was considering a task force proposal to allow the estimated 3 million Mexicans living illegally in the United States to achieve permanent legal residence through a guest-worker program.

CNN: Wallace