He slept in shop-fronts and made what money he could by busking on Metro Mini buses – he regularly had to pay much of this to preman, or street thugs, for “street tax, ” he said.

他睡在商店门前，在小巴上卖艺挣钱，他平时必须定期向售票员和街头混混付钱，他说这叫“街头税”。

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The utility model is a hydraulic regulator for the vehicle load, and is thereby suitable for the vehicles, such as light-heavy trucks and mini cargo-buses.

本实用新型适用于轻型载重汽车和微型客货两用车等，系 一种新型的汽车承载液压调节器。

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Jim Geach, from Camborne, who operates a fleet of mini-buses, added that he believed a flyover would be the best solution.

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Standing in front of a fleet of gleaming mini-buses, with the snow-capped Pamir mountains in the background, Mr Zanjani talks about the recent chain of events that have catapulted him into the headlines both at home in Iran and abroad.

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And so down into the streets we went: the idea being to make our way towards the Grand Mosque at midday prayer time -- after which the faithful head for Mina from the buses, cars, mini-buses, mopeds and the like that ferried them there.

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