BEIJING The debate is over.

A comparable debate is raging over fiscal policy.

Indeed, the debate over national identity is nothing new.

Egypt is undergoing a heated nationwide debate over political reform.

CAMBRIDGE The United States is locked in debate over immigration.

This is the most important lesson of the ongoing debate over outsourcing.

Debate in Israel In Israel, a debate continues over the Law of Return.

The debate over the irrationality of financial markets is no mere academic argument.

While the debate over megabanks sometimes sounds technical, in fact it is quite simple.

The debate is over the proposition What the world needs now is nuclear energy. True or false?

And, between these two extremes, there is fierce debate over whether Al Jazeera is friend or foe.

This conundrum is symbolized by the debate over detaining terrorism suspects without charge or trial.

The debate over therapeutic cloning is, of course, hardly limited to the US and Italy.

The stakes in the debate over international financial reform are huge.

The debate unfolds first over at CNNLibya, where Khalid Jorni writes

The debate over the issue took at times some unexpected turns.

Today, the debate is over core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices because they are too volatile.

The concept is taken from the debate over bank reform, where there is an analogous problem of bailouts and bail ins.

Consider the seemingly heated debate over how much capital banks should hold.

Within Taiwan, the debate over constitutional reform has led to disturbing developments.

So India s political debate over the entry of foreign retailers into the market, while heated, is probably already outdated.

BEIJING Now that the green shoots of recovery have withered, the debate over fiscal stimulus is back with a vengeance.

Debate over immigration is politically prominent according to a 2009 Home Office poll, 80 of people want to cap it.

The Syrian blogosphere has been embroiled in a heated debate over the weekend.

Jordan enlisted male parliamentarians as partners in the debate over women's human rights.

The German debate is still largely a policy debate.

The debate over the ability of growth alone to reduce poverty has become heated.

The debate over Chávez s political legacy is a posthumous re enactment of the ideological battles that were fought while he was alive.

As the debate over the Greater Middle East grows heated, there is a danger that Europeans and Americans will pursue competing strategies.

LONDON Is cannabis harmful to mental health? That question has provoked much debate over the years, often generating more heat than light.

The lack of legitimate institutions needed to rebuild the rule of law is evident in the debate over what authority and whose judgment ought to be exercised over Saddam Hussein.

Nor did I did introduce the issue of homosexuality into the debate over my appointment.

LOS ANGELES The debate over fiscal expansion versus consolidation continues to divide the developed world.

By reviving the debate over Asian values, Fujiwara s book may contribute to a similar mistake.

However, this announcement did not bring the debate over the Syrian presence to an end.

CAMBRIDGE As one year of sluggish growth spills into the next, there is growing debate about what to expect over the coming decades.

Unfortunately, its importance is often overlooked in the debate over the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for human health and the environment.

I believe in the power of diplomacy and engagement. I prioritize dialogue over debate or declaration.

I believe in the power of diplomacy and engagement. I prioritize dialogue over debate or declaration.

BERKELEY In recent months, China has taken center stage in the international debate over global warming.

Over the next few days, I will reflect carefully on the points made during the debate.

We very much hope that the current debate over the agenda will be kept in perspective.

Brazil has taken the debate over this issue to the most varied and important international forums.

Much of the debate over the public sphere involves what is the basic theoretical structure of the public sphere, how information is deliberated in the public sphere, and what influence the public sphere has over society.

There is much debate at present over whether the manner in which the law is administered generally leads to outcomes that are beneficial to the families concerned.