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Workers are seen on the roof of a metro station in Dubai, a few days before the official opening of the first metro network in the Arab Gulf region. Dubai began building the metro network in 2005 after awarding the project to a consortium led by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Japan's firms have some $7.5 bln in uncollected bills from the Dubai government, including the subway project.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)