Some people say lobbying supports special interests at the expense of the public interest.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

But the American Red Cross said that, in the interest of public safety, it would no longer accept blood donations from people who admit to having the condition.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

Rungsri says, Mr.Thaksin was a corrupt leader who bought the support of local people with cheap health care and low-interest village loans.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"There's a very shrewd economic profit-based interest system here at play and there are people on the Egyptian side and in the government of Gaza who are finding ways to benefit from this structure."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

With the impasse unlikely to be resolved before the end of this month, when U.S.troops will drop to their lowest levels in Iraq since the war began in 2003, the U.N.Security Council pressed the legislators to work through their differences in "the national interest" and form "as quickly as possible, a government that is inclusive and represents the will of the Iraqi people."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04