11.   He expressed hope that both countries would successfully overcome the current financial crisis.

12.   He said he was hopeful the country would overcome the regional economic difficulties.

13.   Jiang has focused this trip on fostering closer relations with Vietnam, urging in a speech Thursday that the two countries should overcome their adversarial past.

14.   APEC countries on Thursday overcame major hurdles to its summit this weekend after the United States and China reached a deal to bar discrimination in trade, ministers said.

15.   Sampaio concluded that he was confident the country would overcome the present international crisis and its economic effects.