• The only issue under discussion and debate right now is what kind of deficit reduction package can accompany a measure that would ensure that we do not, for the first time in our long history, default on our obligations.

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  • Thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians already live and work in the UK, under work permit schemes and there is fierce debate over how many more will make the journey when the final restrictions are lifted.

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  • The exact time and point of entry is under intense debate.

    CNN: HANDOVER NEWSMAP

  • Right now there are many issues that touch the startup community under debate in Congress and this is the moment for entrepreneurs to stand up and take note.

    FORBES: Ron Conway: On Why I Care About Technology Policy

  • It documents how the Obama administration sought to obscure the serious defects in the treaty it had negotiated by pressing the Senate to conduct its advice and consent responsibilities under circumstances that were calculated to render oversight exceedingly superficial and debate cursory, at best.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Moreover, the role of deep-water circulation on the growth and distribution of ferromanganese nodules is still under debate.

    UNESCO: EARTH SCIENCES FOR SOCIETY

  • State-controlled media avoid challenging optimistic official claims, and tend to under-report the Western debate on climate change for fear of getting too deep into China's part in it.

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  • And I think having one under his belt and having the time to consider that as he prepared for the debate last night contributed to the strong performance he delivered.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Then peers will debate a series of orders and regulations under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • But before Nuremberg, there was a long, often legalistic debate over who should judge Nazi crimes and under what laws.

    NPR: Listening In On the Nuremberg Trials

  • And the burners are just about to be ignited under that debate in Britain, as the UK government prepares a new strategy on gas.

    BBC: Energy bills, and loose change

  • He said a public debate on the GM issue was under way, and people were welcome to contribute views.

    BBC: Meacher's GM charges rejected

  • Proposed changes to the history curriculum have been under debate - with accusations that a traditional "kings and queens" approach will not be appropriate in a modern, multicultural classroom.

    BBC: Who's the comedian in the classroom?

  • The two men are on different sides of a debate on a fuel that is increasingly under a political and public microscope.

    CNN: Ethanol: Is it friend or foe?

  • So a vigorous debate is under way, as to where jobs come and whether the EU's structures and regulations help or hinder in incubating innovation.

    BBC: Europe is afraid - the battle for new jobs

  • Under Mubarak, the national debate was dominated by the ruling (and ironically named) National Democratic Party.

    FORBES: After Mubarak, The Deluge

  • Under the agreement, the first debate will focus on foreign policy and homeland security, while the final one will deal with economic and domestic policy.

    CNN: Campaigns agree to 3 presidential debates

  • Yet the laws that prohibit free debate of the Kurdish issue and the role of Islam in politics, under which hundreds of politicians and writers have been locked up, remain in place.

    ECONOMIST: Turkey��s Kurds: Still on their feet | The

  • The CPD has recently come under criticism by watchdog groups like Public Citizen and Common Cause for not releasing the debate contract previously agreed upon by the Obama and Romney campaigns in closed-door meetings.

    FORBES: Green Party Jill Stein Plans To Crash Romney Obama Debate At Hofstra

  • These included post-degree teaching courses in Mathematics, Science and English, leadership training for school heads and teachers, and other courses under the Malaysian Technical Co-operation Programme, he said during a debate in conjunction with the 184th Unesco executive board session.

    UNESCO: Malaysia trust fund

  • Ordinarily, debate and voting on an amendment might take two legislative days, but under the rules of the reconciliation bill the senators were to dispatch the amendments one after another, as in a hot-dog-eating contest, with a minute of debate for each side.

    NEWYORKER: The Empty Chamber

  • "Either we allow our population growth to continue indefinitely, with all that this will imply for our public services, our environment and our society, or we take the firm and sometimes difficult measures to bring immigration under control, " he said during a general debate on immigration on 12 December 2011.

    BBC: 'Widespread' public concern about immigration - Tory MP

  • The BJP and left-wing parties have insisted that a debate on economic reforms must be held under rules that include voting.

    BBC: Indian government wins controversial foreign retail vote

  • And although global temperatures are rising -- the 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1981 and the six hottest since 1990 -- the direct impact from greenhouse gas emissions remains under debate.

    CNN: 'Make or break' talks on climate change

  • The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and left-wing parties have been insistent that a debate on economic reforms must be held under rules that include voting.

    BBC: India parliament to hold economic reforms vote

  • The nearly complete focus of the subsequent Congressional energy and climate debate on the primacy of carbon pricing may have ultimately prevented meaningful debate on how to optimize and extend the critical, comprehensive clean energy investments begun under to stimulus and enact a long-term investment strategy to strengthen clean energy competitiveness.

    FORBES: With Stimulus Nearing End, Will U.S. Keep Clean Energy Momentum Going?

  • While the long-term consequences of living a pulseless life are still under debate, Frazier's group is hoping to move forward with development -- and apparently challenge medical personnel everywhere to find a new way to monitor those vital signs.

    ENGADGET: HeartMate II: the pulse-free artificial heart

  • Beneath that debate lies the core argument: under independence, what would be gained, what lost and what retained.

    BBC: Royal role in independence debate

  • However, India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and left-wing parties refused to budge from their demand that a debate on economic reforms must be held under Rule 184.

    BBC: No consensus at India all-party meeting over reforms

  • Part of the debate over seizures involves a potential conflict of interest: Under a 1984 federal law, state and local law-enforcement agencies that work with Uncle Sam on seizures get to keep up to 80% of the proceeds.

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