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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Discussions had taken place on whether the Bill needed to be amended to include comprehensive provisions on sexual harassment or whether they should be incorporated into a new labour and employment act.

Meanwhile, world leaders are debating what if anything should be done.

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

The big question concerns whether GDP provides a good measure of living standards. In many cases, GDP statistics seem to suggest that the economy is doing far better than most citizens own perceptions.

The US Supreme Court is currently faced with the question of whether genes can be patented.

Tunisian blogger A.L.G.Y of Cos maux polis is wondering whether a new Mohammed cartoon crisis is brewing.

There is probably even less agreement in both the United States and the EU on whether the security of citizens is genuinely at stake in Afghanistan, and whether the Iranian nuclear program really poses a threat to the West.

It is not clear whether the President's comments were a response to the resumption of armed conflict by RUF in violation of the Agreement or whether he was referring to a broader change of circumstances, including the introduction of United Nations peacekeeping troops.

And finally, we even found that 30 percent of the variation in whether or not people are in the middle or on the edge of the network can also be attributed to their genes.

The policy debate outside the region currently centers on whether to use force if talks fail.

In particular, central banks behavior during the crisis has called into question whether inflation targeting is an effective framework in the presence of systemic shocks, and, more broadly, whether it can be sustained throughout economic cycles.

Discussions about the development of grass roots democracy led by the end of 1989 to a dispute over whether New Forum should become a party or remain a movement.

But arguments about whether the limit should be 60 of GDP or more miss a larger point.

India's worry was that unless this was done, Pakistan would perhaps commit cartographic transgressions again.

Much of the current debate centers on whether race should be a criterion for inclusion in clinical trials and, by extension, whether drug labeling should mention race specifically.

In particular, it was proposed that information regarding the fact that a person was being held in detention, the place of deprivation of liberty, the person's physical integrity and whether or not the person had died must be communicated.

Lastly, she welcomed the formulation of the National Women's Strategy and asked whether it would reflect the Committee's concluding comments and recommendations.

But what would happen then? There has always been a debate about whether it is possible to have a single market without a single currency.

They fail to ask whether there is, in fact, a close correspondence between historical circumstances and current facts.

This latter construal is sometimes expressed by saying there is no fact of the matter as to whether or not P .

It is also disputed whether any extra hardship was caused by the sanctions or whether this was the result of other factors.

Imagine a gathering of textile entrepreneurs in 1800 debating whether to introduce steam machines to mechanize their cotton mills.

So, in two years, we can expect a debate about whether budget balance has then been achieved on a cyclically adjusted basis.

BRUSSELS The first act of the eurozone debt drama was about whether any European Union member country could ever become insolvent.

The court battle on whether or not to punish former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is now over.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently echoed these fears in public and added worries over whether the euro will survive the crisis.

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

A discussion ensued as to whether removal from the protection of the law should be regarded as a consequence of enforced disappearance or as part of the definition in its own right.

The concern is whether varying levels of detail across regions will raise questions about the data quality of those with the most restrictive publication policies.

On the issue of Turkey's ban on headscarves, a clarification was sought as to whether the new law might not constitute another form of oppression.

Historians will argue whether forcing Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy in September 2008 precipitated the subsequent global financial crisis.

From the home country perspective, an often debated question is whether outward FDI complements or substitutes for exports and or employment.