Poor countries are far more interested in new initiatives for development aid, while some richer countries, especially the European ones, would like to see renewed commitment to tackling global warming.
While in some countries schools bear the overwhelming responsibility for delivering education, this is not the situation in the United States.
The pace of change is so fast, says one World Banker, that, while in some countries the Bank has to push for change, in others it has to run hard to keep up with the national administrations.
Germany and others argue in this instance that it is politically impossible both to encourage total capital mobility by means of a single currency, while allowing some countries within the union to act as tax havens for the savings of others.
Those who think so point to the inconsistency of closing down in some countries while moving to a subscription model in others.
While some euro-zone countries have their own printing presses, "there might be other opportunities arising from any possible breakup of the euro as many of the smaller countries don't have state printing works, " said Tim Cobbold, De La Rue's chief executive, in a statement.
And while the FAO admits that some developing countries will be able to expand their arable land by as much as 12 percent, the downside is that a "considerable part" of this extra farmland will be a direct result of deforestation.
The trickle of hard currency brought in by a few intrepid travellers helped buy food from across the border in Botswana and Zambia, and while some rangers sought work in other countries, a hardy band of guides stayed on to try and protect the animals from poaching.
Some countries have got immensely richer, while many others are as poor as they were hundreds of years ago.
The USA, Australia and Japan are examples of the former while Caribbean, Central American and African countries represent some of the latter.
If bail-outs do not restore confidence, though, Plan B (to the extent that one exists) is that in a few years some countries might peacefully restructure their debts while staying in the euro.
While Russia and some African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries want to tax foreign content providers and track web-based traffic, the EU has formed a bloc with the US to kibosh any such changes.
While it is legal to export plastics for recycling in some countries, it is illegal to export waste.
Begun in 2002, the surveys, prompted by and partially funded by the WHO, were intended to address concerns that some countries lacked any national obesity data, while others had numbers that weren't collected in an internationally standardized way.
While Brazil had already won the prior election and was preparing to host the 2014 World Cup some years ago, countries such as England, Spain and Portugal were going for the 2018 tournament, while others like the U.S. and Australia presented their bid for the 2022 World Cup.
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Some countries have achieved many of the goals, while others - mostly in the developing world - may not realise any.
Muhyiddin, who invited Unesco secretary-general Irina Bokova to Kuala Lumpur to sign an MoU to endorse the co-operation during the launch of the first programme under the initiative in June, said some countries had great achievements in universal primary education while others, especially from the sub-Sahara region, were far from the target.
Some countries are now trying to make it so, while also increasing the number of taxpayers.
Some countries, for example, tolerate price fixing, while others unreservedly condemn it.
British colonial rule was almost gone: some newly independent countries kept the queen as head of state while others ditched her altogether in favor of a president.
While many international countries had live reporters on the ground in Houston, some countries relied upon footage being sent to them in real-time for their anchors to provide commentary on while watching the game on television.
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While holding back the biggest plums of market access, rich countries have offered some concessions in the past few years.
While some of Bush's supporters initially hailed the fall of the governments in countries like Egypt as proof that his strategy worked, the election of an Islamist government created new fears.
"There is a lower limit on how little we can spend on defense, while living up to our responsibilities, " he said, in a hint that some countries can't cut more.
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The European monetary system has allowed some countries to get a free ride at the expense of others, while those who cheat are in a position to blackmail those who have to foot the bill.
Some countries place tough restrictions on discounts, free gifts and the like, while others simply ban them outright.
Some countries (particularly Germany) appear to receive a pretty steep volume discount while others (such as Poland) get none at all.
Some creditor countries (notably Germany) are holding back on fiscal stimulus, while the world's biggest borrower (America) is acting the most boldly.
Some critics, while admiring its craftsmanship, compare it to triumphalist monuments once favoured by European countries when they had empires, and which proliferated in the Soviet Union.
And while most of the cases were reported in Mexico and the United States, some have been confirmed in countries outside North America.
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