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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pushing for 400,000 new visas for foreign workers, a demand that has been met with fierce resistance by labor unions and which could help derail an agreement between the two sides over an immigration reform bill being developed in Congress.

"God don't like ugly and the devil is a liar."

"We want to guarantee the access of all families to the benefits of social programs from the federal executive.”

"Both have two central elements in common. They criticize public education in their countries, and they're financed and backed by important people in the business world."

Bahraini police fired tear gas and sound bombs to disperse hundreds of youth protesting in several Shiite villages over Saudi-backed deployment that has lasted three years since uprising.

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