Page last updated at 09:39 GMT, Thursday, 10 September 2009
10:39 UK  Samoans stranded in road switch  File image of a bus
outside a hotel in Samoa Bus owners are angry they will have to
convert their vehicles  Samoans reliant on bus travel have been
stranded by the country's switch earlier this week to driving on
the left of the road instead of the right.  All but about 18 of
the Pacific island nation's buses are banned from driving
because their doors now open onto the middle of the road.  Bus
operators want state aid to modify their vehicles, but talks
with the prime minister have so far failed.  Samoa is the first
country to make such a change since the 1970s.  Reports from
Samoa said there had been no accidents since the switch on
Monday, despite widespread predictions of road mayhem from
opponents.  Before the switchover, bus drivers had been
reluctant to go to the expense of converting their vehicles.
Traffic in Samoa's capital, Apia, driving on the left - 7
September 2009   He said was considering a