Taxis on strike throughout Italy

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 24 - Taxi drivers all over Italy were striking on Wednesday in a protest against the government's competition bill, which unions say introduces deregulation favouring multinationals against small independent drivers.
    The strike started at 8:00 and runs until 22:00.
    Rome's central Piazza della Repubblica was closed to traffic as thousands of taxi drivers gathered there for a march. (ANSA).