Despite a Russian lawsuit at the World Trade Organisation, the commission says it will not yield to pressure to grant South Stream an opt-out.The EU is now debating options for "stage three" sanctions on Russia, shifting from individuals to the broader economy.
As the Bush administration debates options for a broad, new kind of military campaign against terrorism, the Pentagon is describing what it needs to fight it -- better intelligence, more cruise missiles and special forces, all to be financed with billions in emergency spending.
The United States will debate limited options for a military strike on Syria in response to a chemical attack on Aug. 21 that the United States government says killed more than 1,400 people, more than 400 of them children.
When pundits debate military options for any of the many U.S. foreign interventions, most of them buy into some version of the "America-as-World-Policeman" approach to foreign policy.
Many states are debating the options for electronic voting, said Henry Brady, a professor of political science and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
On DC Urban Moms and Dads, an online parenting message board, one woman posted that after debating the options for her leftover embryos, she brought the vials home, "burned some incense, held them and cried.
"[It was an]... incredibly difficult decision for all involved, and we debated different options for a long time before beginning production," Hachette spokeswoman Megan Fitzpatrick wrote in an e-mail to The Huffington Post.
The Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation of the IOM has debated consent options for deceased organ donation [ 16].
