Construction Workers Stage Rare Protest in Dubai

Hundreds of foreign construction workers staged a rare public protest on Tuesday outside the opulent Dubai Mall, one of the main tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates, in a pay dispute with their company. Dubai authorities deployed riot police to Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard in downtown Dubai, where the world's tallest building is located, blocking some roads while negotiators tried to settle a dispute about overtime pay. The workers, from south Asia, said the...

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