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United Arab Emirates: Cheer for the cabbies

Written byHaitham Sabbah
Posted 29 December 2005 22:56 GMT

Secret Dubai says that hundreds of Metro Taxi drivers ended a two-day protest yesterday against 18-hour working days and poor working conditions after management promised to transfer them to work on a commission basis.

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