111.   Major powers are reluctant to move quickly unless they feel vital national interests are at stake.

112.   Musharraf said his government would never compromise on vital national interests and reiterated his firm resolve to guard the strategic assets of the country.

113.   Much of the discussion Monday focused on the upheaval in Indonesia, where the United States and Australia have vital interests.

114.   Nations that have linked their vital interests and depend on each other for their prosperity, do not launch wars on each other.

115.   Now the focus is less on defense of territory than protecting vital interests wherever they may lie.

116.   Rwanda has repeatedly threatened to intervene in the conflict to protect its vital interests in the turbulent eastern border region of Congo.

117.   Retention of current Saudi economic and foreign policies, if not also retention of royal rule, is a matter of enormously vital national interest to the West.

118.   Second, while U.S. business and investment in Southeast Asia is substantial, they do not consider the market as of vital interest, unlike that of Mexico.

119.   The United States should respect legitimate Russian interests when they do not clash with vital U.S. interests, the report said.

120.   The United States considers stability in the Gulf a vital national interest.