31.   Street cleaners were out hosing the streets soon after dawn Friday, despite a steady rain.

32.   The men - all from Tabasco state - are protesting a massive firing of street cleaners, some of whom are already on a hunger strike.

33.   Even the municipalities are hiring a growing number of Afghans and put them to work as garbage collectors, street cleaners and in landscaping.

34.   Street cleaners moved around glaziers and carpenters repairing mangled entrances to shops and offices.