T. has long been known for bringing in foreign guest stars.

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While American companies also compete to obtain the foreign guest worker visas, most are not as dependent on the visas as Indian companies, industry representatives said.

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The Russian prime minister held Mr Cameron's hand for a cursory second or two before rushing to place a large desk between him and his foreign guest.

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When all had been seated, he stood and gave a speech, which Mr Kim translated, welcoming us and telling us what an honour it was to have a foreign guest among them.

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His high school friend and partner in the lodge, Kirk Lazarus-- a London-based, 18-year veteran of the high-rolling international energy business--has quite a Rolodex himself, and the two share many friends, including Nelson Mandela and former South African foreign minister Pik Botha (a regular commenter in the Molori guest book).

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Jaswant Singh, India's foreign minister, was booked on the return evening flight as the guest of the Chinese government.

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Still, Republicans and Democrats placed strict new conditions on the immigration measure on Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to slash the number of foreign workers who could come to the U.S. on temporary visas, capping the guest-worker program at 200, 000 a year.

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Much of the guest list is no surprise: British royals, major and minor alike, as well as foreign royalty from as far afield as Swaziland and Tonga, heads of state from all over the Commonwealth, military and religious leaders and British Army representatives.

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