But the list also includes a taxi-driver in Chicago and a dentist in Finland.
From being the son of (ethnic-German) immigrants from Hungary, a high-school drop-out, a taxi-driver and self-styled street-fighter, to lauded statesman: it all sounded rather romantic.
In a similar vein, the director of Hanover's chamber of industry and commerce, Wilfried Prewo, points out how much harder it is to become a taxi-driver in Germany than, say, in the United States.
"We believe that the international community will have more confidence in our country now that we have a democratically-elected president, " Jean-Francois Bassole, a 40-year-old taxi driver told AP news agency.
Wen Yunchao, a prominent blogger in Guangdong, says copycat strikes are a possibility (a wave of taxi-driver strikes swept China in late 2008).
At the height of the Troubles she wrote the song It's A Hard Life about a conversation with a black-taxi driver on the Falls Road.
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Before the collision, officers believe the pedestrian - who was leaning against a roadside cabinet - may have spoken to a taxi driver in a white vehicle who had stopped at traffic lights.
After the blast, two of the men left the scene, while a third detonated two more bombs -- one when a taxi driver refused to give him a ride and another when he tried to throw a bomb at police officers as they closed in on him.
If you take a taxi, tip the driver 15-20% of the bill, plus a few extra dollars for extra service such as helping you with a heavy bag.
"All the politicians and provincial officials, whether Sunni or Shiite, are nothing but thieves and liars, " said Ali Farhan, a 35-year-old taxi driver in eastern Baghdad, in explaining his choice not to vote.
It is thought the man may have spoken to a taxi driver in a white Skoda-style car shortly before the incident.
Zein El Abdeen, a 37-year-old Cairo taxi driver, lives with his wife, their 9-month-old daughter, his parents, grandmother and his two sisters in an 85-square-meter home where his father squatted for 40 years.
Zein El Abdeen, a 37-year-old Cairo taxi driver, lives with his wife and 9-month-old daughter, his parents, grandmother and his two sisters in a 900-square-foot home where his father has squatted for 40 years.
Our taxi driver last night - a frighteningly cool man called Frankie, who cites former Kent wicketkeeper Alan Knott as his hero - asked me about the whole Pietersen saga.
The commission's announcement came as tensions are still high following the paramilitary-related murders of a Protestant taxi driver and a Catholic builder, and the shooting of another Catholic man outside a taxi depot.
On the first day of the competition, Mr. Dyantyi, the Cape Town-based driver who cried out as a taxi flew past him, had just successfully navigated a series of tight weaves and 90-degree reverse-turns through a maze of orange cones.
Christian Dieckmann, a taxi driver from Freiburg, Germany, had taken a last-minute flight to Rome for Benedict XVI's farewell.
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The second time I stayed at the Palms, nine months later, I stood in the lobby for 15 minutes before anyone acknowledged my arrival, waited two hours to get into my room, discovered that no one could be bothered to look up the day's weather report and finished off the day at the wrong off-campus restaurant thanks to directions a concierge gave the taxi driver.
He describes them as a witty parody mix of Martin Scorcese's Taxi Driver and early Jean-Luc Godard gangster movies.
"Hafwen has a right to be educated in Welsh, and she should have the same rights as able-bodied children, " added Mr Clarke, who is a taxi driver.
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Lugo was arrested within 24 hours after co-operation from the taxi driver and security camera footage from a nearby restaurant that captured Lugo walking away with the artwork.
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