Two universities that have employed Dr. Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, have been called to task for insulating him from accusations of wrongdoing in the wake of scandalous ClimateGate email revelations.

FORBES: Michael Mann And The ClimateGate Whitewash: Part One

At the meeting of foreign ministers on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called her Arab counterparts to task for their discriminatory treatment.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Apartheid, not peace

Speaking to reporters Annan called on the world community to support the commission members saying their work was the most important task for the U.N. and the Afghan interim government.

CNN: U.N. sets course for Afghan elections

Meanwhile, a passengers' group has called on the government to establish a transport resilience task force for south-west England.

BBC: Abseilers inspect Devon railway line landslip

Similarly, Colorado's State Treasurer has recently called for the creation of such a task force to assess the extent of this potential problem with respect to Colorado's public pension systems and what steps, if any, should be taken.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roger Robinson testimony on California Pension Funds

In 2009, the RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research (RTC), a joint project established in 2007 and located at the Nagoya Science Park in central Japan, unveiled a robot called RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) designed to assist in this task.

ENGADGET: RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear

In San Francisco, California, a volunteer organization called the Urban Wind Task Force has distributed 27 wind-monitoring stations throughout the city to survey sites for potential turbine installations.

CNN: Stimulus may get small wind turbines spinning

In a week dominated by headlines about a proposed takeover of the Ibrox club and the possible impact of a potential tax bill, the more immediate task for Rangers was to try and take advantage of Celtic's match against Inverness being called off.

BBC: Steven Davis and Scott Robertson