Having encouraged hopes that a new Ukraine ceasefire and settlement was within reach, Putin quickly moved after Friday's talks to warn that the follow-up summit agreed for Minsk on Wednesday was contingent on key issues being settled in advance.
It might seem that epiphenomenalists are in trouble here, but as a number of recent philosophers have argued, the issues here are very far from being settled (Chalmers 1996, Hyslop 1999).
And with West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace and Southampton as their next three opponents, the first two at home, the championship issue will surely not be long in being settled, too.
One issue that was settled with relative ease was land reform.
Investigators said they were hopeful the issue would be settled by examination of the flight data recorder, which was removed from the wreckage today.
The violent protest only confirms warnings from diplomats that any delays in resolving Kosovo's final status could be fatal.Kosovo is the last issue to be settled after Yugoslavia's collapse in the 1990s.
He said he wanted a "clear result" but tried to play down the implications for the coalition, saying: "Whether [the result] is a 'Yes' or a 'No' there will be no celebrating, there will be no congratulations, the issue will be settled and we can get on with the vital work we're doing as a coalition, governing in the national interest".
The same day, Pakistan's minister of railways, Sheik Rashid Ahmed, said that the issue "had been settled" in a deal that was "80percentt done".
The basic issue should be settled by now, but there was reason to hope for a rational debate on the details of how to value options at the time that they are issued.
There's a murder to be solved, some fights to be fought, even a paternity issue to be settled; but none of it slows down this exhilarating guided tour of "life's most glorious arena".
He said this would be an issue to be settled by the political parties.
