Muhammad: The Messenger of God, a blockbuster about the birth of Islam, has been selected by Iran as its contender for the forthcoming Oscars.
In April, Israeli voters will choose a party, not a candidate, to lead the country, with each party's leader serving as its contender for the post of prime minister.
Liberals are upset that the website has identified Democratic claims that Republicans want to abolish Medicare as one of its contenders for "Lie of the Year".
It depreciates almost $1,500 less than its closest contender for this list, the MINI Cooper Convertible, and costs $400 less in interest as well.
Its leading contender for the papacy, the Ghanaian cardinal Peter Turkson, is widely regarded as a conservative in the mold of Benedict.But one of Father da Silva's older colleagues stakes out a more radical position.
Germany - and its two contenders for its upcoming General Elections – is set to be the final obstacle to this frontal attack on the values such as openness, fairness and justice we have been raised to not only cherish but also practice in our daily European lives.
In the domestic season just concluded, he has been the best batsman in England, playing eight innings of more than 100 for Somerset and making it a serious contender for its first County Championship ever.
In the following years Bayern could not sustain its role of contender for the national title, achieving mid-table results in its regional league instead.
The seat of Brisbane itself remains a tight contest, where the Greens' rising primary vote also has that party rating its candidate, Kirsten Lovejoy, as a contender for its first ever House of Representatives berth from Queensland.
One day before the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for the 71st annual Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild revealed its top contenders for the 20th annual SAG Awards.
The Christmas meeting at Leopardstown is when Irish racing starts to sort out its contenders, and bets, for Cheltenham in March, and three very credible Festival contenders emerged from the card on Wednesday in Make Your Mark, Last Instalment and Voler La Vedette.
