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Faisal, a taxicab driver who works at O'Hare Airport, wants to be a good cabbie while staying true to his Muslim faith. But Muslim cabdrivers are finding the latter difficult lately, as they've been hit with a rash of tickets for parking in access lanes leading to the airport terminals near where the city helped set up a prayer trailer for them. "For most of us who need to pray, that's part of our religious duty," said Faisal, a 13-year-cab veteran who declined to give his last name. "It doesn't do us any favors if you write us a ticket...

Doctor Says Bills’ Everett Will Walk Again By MATT HIGGINS Published: September 12, 2007 BUFFALO, Sept. 11 — Two days after he was paralyzed during a game, and one day after doctors described his condition as potentially life-threatening, Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett was moving his arms and legs Tuesday. The doctor who performed surgery on Everett, Andrew Cappuccino, said Everett’s condition had “improved.” Another doctor, who has consulted with Cappuccino, said Tuesday that Everett could eventually walk out of the hospital. “Kevin Everett is moving his arms and legs, his legs stronger than his arms,” said the consulting...

Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports. The men were arrested in a hotel in north-eastern Bauchi State, which is governed by the Islamic Sharia law. The Sharia punishment for sodomy is death by stoning.

Cuban athletes leave games early By Gary Duffy BBC News, Brazil At the 1999 Pan-American Games in Canada some 13 athletes defected Cuban athletes have made a hurried departure from the Pan-American games in Brazil, apparently amid fears of possible mass defections. The delegation was rushed at short notice to Rio de Janeiro's airport, leaving the men's volleyball team no time to collect their bronze medals. The athletes were said to have been ordered to leave the games before the finishing ceremony on Sunday.

Rioting could break out on Britain's streets because of anger at the widening gap between rich and poor, it has been claimed. Sir Ronald Cohen, himself one of the nation's richest men, warned that violence could flare if the chasm between the haves and have-nots was not closed. ... "You are too rich, you are making too much money and you are not paying enough tax."