Wheeler said that with the hard salary cap, in which only hardship exemptions will be granted, "free agency is not an economic issue, but more of an issue of granting players freedom and rights".
Jürgen Stark, a member of the bank's executive board, offered no indication Friday that it was open to compromise with political leaders on the issue of granting Greece easier terms.
A bill now in Congress — the Great Ape Protection Act — provides many of the protections for chimps the Spanish resolution does, but without engaging (or attempting to resolve) the controversial and polarizing issue of granting legal rights to animals.
Early today, however, The Associated Press reported that Mr. Cicek said later that after consultations with the United States, the resolution would focus only on the issue of granting permission to use Turkish airspace.
Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, said in an interview that he was pressing the issue of granting sovereignty for the interim body in part to defend it against statements from some Arab capitals that the new Council lacks international legitimacy.
A number of speakers avoided discussing the issue of grant-supported foreign students and postdocs, who do much of the work in academic labs.
Parliament adjourned after the vote on the protest law and is due to discuss the issue of granting an amnesty to convicted protesters on Tuesday afternoon.
While polls show extremely high support for guest worker programs, the public is split on the issue of granting amnesty to illegals.
But on the public issue of granting equal civil marital rights to same-sex couples, you and I disagree".
