Iran will launch a women-only taxi company, 'The Ladies' Safe Trips,' in Tehran is aimed at women who feel uncomfortable riding in close proximity with members of the opposite sex. The company will only employ married female drivers. "My main motivation for driving in this company is to create . . . security for other women who always have to sit stressfully in taxis," a female driver employed at the company said.

A Chinese woman gave birth to her son on the side of the road earlier this month when the man who was driving her cab kicked her out because she was going into labor. The cabbie stopped the taxi at a traffic light and forced the couple to get out, shouting "Don't deliver the baby in my car, or I'll have bad luck throughout the year!"The Beijing News reported the woman, whose last name is Wang, was on her way to a hospital in the southwestern city of Chongquig.

Commuters in the capital of Sierra Leone were stranded when taxi drivers went on strike to protest the jailing of 100 of their colleagues. The drivers in Freetown were arrested for driving with bald tires, broken lights or without a valid license.

A lovestruck Serbian man hired a fleet of taxi cabs to spell out his wedding proposal to his fiance. The effort proved fruitful as his teary-eyed girlfriends responded with an overwhelming "Yes!" Local media said that Vujadin Stojkovic from Arandjelovac, Serbia hired a dozen taxi drivers to paint a single letter of "udaj se za mene," which means "marry me," on the side of their cabs.

A Christian family living in an east Berlin apartment tower may be evicted after others living in the tower complained of their noisy prayer sessions, a German newspaper said Thursday. Neighbors told Bild newspaper that the 7-member family's prayers sometimes begin as late as 2 a. m. and include loud screams and singing. The 42-year-old father of the family, Pierre D. , is fighting an eviction order in court. He told Bild, "I really don't want to disturb the neighbors but the high volume is needed in the battle against the devil. "