Vietnam's overriding interest in its foreign relations has been to accelerate its economic development.

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At his cabinet meeting, Mr Sharon stressed Israel's overriding interest in maintaining close co-ordination with America.

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Misunderstandings, incompatible processes, and conflicting priorities can sabotage the overriding interest in success they hold in common.

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Some overriding interest is the great preservative against quarreling and mutinous thoughts.

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As for climate change, Mr Saran points out that India, like other poor countries, will be among the worst-hit by a warming globe and has an overriding interest in a successful international regime emerging from the climate-change conference in Copenhagen in December.

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The tax department said the information sought had "no overriding public interest" and closed the request.

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Even if e.g. raising funds to benefit stability funding were to be considered as an overriding requirement of general interest, that requirement could not explain why transactions involving countries with different currencies would be treated less favourably than those involving only one currency.

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But fellow Tory Bernard Jenkin said less than 10% of the UK's trade in manufactured goods was with the EU and the single market could not be the "overriding consideration" when deciding the UK's national interest.

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