Historians have the luxury of debating whether terrorism may have been justified in certain situations in the past.

What was interesting about their ruling and about the discussion we've just had is that the discussion about the right, the justice, of the matter depended on figuring out what is the essential nature of golf.

Evidence increasingly points to an infectious etiology, but debate continues on whether the cause is a conventional antigenic substance or a superantigen.

In particular the 11 0 victory of over in the opening game of the 2007 tournament had caused a debate over whether there were 24 national teams on a comparable level.

A decision on whether the option of independence should be put to the people is likely to follow that debate.

Free trade with the U.S. Starting before Confederation in 1867 the debate between free trade and protectionism was a defining issue in Canadian politics.

The debate about whether the US should allow Russia to have special interests in Eastern Europe renewed by Russia s opposition to America s proposed missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland is pointless.

What is to be done if one believes in the real Europe and its common purposes? The first requirement is to reduce the temperature of the debate about the Treaty.

The debate about room for fiscal maneuver in practice soon becomes a debate about whether countries that have easily financed debt in the past can automatically continue to do so.

News about China s possession of drones prompted a discussion about whether the Chinese government will authorize their use to protect state investments in Myanmar, in particular its gas pipeline project.

The issue of whether the United Nations should defray the costs of the Institute's rent and maintenance remained unresolved after years of debate.

Doubts have been raised about whether Megrahi is really near death.

This is centred primarily on the prefix Dan and whether it refers to the Dani or a historical person Dan and the exact meaning of the mark ending.

Dispute regarding length While debate as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world's longest river has gone on for many years, the historic consensus of geographic authorities has been to regard the Amazon as the second longest river in the world, with the Nile being the longest.

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.

But there is a raging controversy over whether the Kyoto protocol s cap and trade system or taxes work better.

The jury is still out on whether the hydrogen economy will be cost effective.

Opinions vary as to whether all remains belong to the same species.

On a related front, there is still debate on whether those seeking asylum are illegal immigrants or refugees.

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

The debate about objectivity is lit also within the photojournalism field.

The news also rekindled debate about the death penalty in India and whether it was likely to deter or provoke future terrorist attacks.

The main theme of the Valdai conference concerned whether Russia s history and geography doomed it to authoritarian rule.

In population ecology, debate over group selection was brief but vigorous by 1970, most biologists agreed that natural selection was rarely effective above the level of individual organisms.

The real question about industrial policy is not whether it should be practiced, but how.

Views varied as to whether the Model Law or regulations would be the appropriate place to deal with the issue.

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She further welcomed the broad agreement not to reopen the São Paulo Consensus and not to pre empt the New York process.

The representative of the United States of America welcomed the idea of a half day session of the Board to allow a vigorous debate on the issue. She further welcomed the broad agreement not to reopen the São Paulo Consensus and not to pre empt the New York process.

For years now there has been an ongoing debate about whether the Internet is good or bad for democracy.

Very hard to argue about justice without first arguing about the purpose of social institutions and about what qualities are worthy of honor and recognition.

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

France's ongoing public debate about secularism and legislation is an important effort in this direction, even if the debate could be better organized to demonstrate the link between principles, social and anthropological facts, and public policy.

The issue of trade barriers speaks directly to the question of whether there is a genuine international commitment to Africa s development.

The risk premium could rise, for example, if investors became uncertain about whether Kuroda would adhere to his commitment.

Discussion around sexuality remains a challenge in Egypt.

Recently, accountability has become an important topic in the discussion about the legitimacy of international institutions.

We are attentively following the international debate on the concept of the sustainability of external debt.

So, for roughly 300 years, the hot debate in architecture was whether the number five or the number seven was a better proportion to think about architecture, because the nose was one fifth of your head, or because your head was one seventh of your body.

There has been much discussion about rich countries commitments to increase funds, and whether governments in the developing world have used resources effectively.

This debate was almost exclusive to the bloggers who are associated with the English language Syrian blogosphere (except for some comments on Ayman s post ), just like the debate that took place around the first post , was almost exclusive to the Arabic language bloggers.

It is debatable whether governments should ever frighten their citizens by painting the horror scenario of inevitable attack.

We really do need to ask whether Obama is trying to play a China card to shift the electoral scales in his favor.

Witness, for example, the active debate about whether technological progress is accelerating or decelerating.

North Korean propagandists proclaim Kim Jong eun the Young General, but whether he will exercise the same absolutist authority as his father is an open question.