SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - TiVo Inc. confirmed on Friday that it has received 104.6 million dollars from EchoStar Communications Corp. as court-ordered payment stemming from a patent abuse lawsuit.

LONDON, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Two doctors accused of plotting failed car bombings in London and Glasgow last year escaped the scene of their first botched attack on cycle rickshaws, their trial heard Friday.

BANGKOK, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout appeared in a Thai court Friday for extradition hearings that could send him to the United States to face terrorism charges.

Thailand's criminal court must decide whether there is enough evidence to extradite the man dubbed the 'Merchant of Death' to the United States, where he could face life in prison.

TASHKENT, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - An independent Uzbek journalist who worked for Western media outlets was sentenced to 10 years in prison on drug charges Friday, his lawyer said, in a case condemned by human rights groups.

SUVA, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - Fiji's highest court has given legal backing to the 2006 military coup, ruling Thursday the South Pacific nation's president acted lawfully in supporting the replacement of the elected government.

VIENNA, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - An Austrian Islamist woman, sentenced to jail for helping air an Internet video threatening attacks in Austria and Germany, was freed Wednesday pending retrial, the appeals court in Vienna said.

NIAMEY, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - An appeals court in Niger ordered Tuesday the provisional release of a prominent radio journalist detained for just over a year for allegedly undermining state security, his lawyer said.

Moussa Kaka, a correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI), was arrested in September 2007 over telephone calls he made to Tuareg rebels based in the north.

KANO, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Authorities in Nigeria on Tuesday dropped charges of illegal marrying 86 wives slapped on an 84-year-old Islamic cleric after his case was transferred to a criminal court, a court official said.

ALGIERS, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - An Algerian court has jailed six people for four years each for failing to observe the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, a human rights activist said Tuesday.

The six were also fined 1,000 euros each (1,300 dollars), said honorary president of the Algerian League for the Protection of Human Rights Ali Yahia Abdennour.

LONDON, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - A British chef, a former Mr. Gay UK, appeared in court Tuesday accused of killing a male lover and then carving up part of the body and cooking it seasoned with fresh herbs.

Anthony Morley, 36, is charged with the murder of Damian Oldfield, 33, whose naked body was found with stab wounds and lumps of flesh cut from his chest and thigh.