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Jury deliberations begin in Tyco retrial

[JURIST] Jurors began deliberations Thursday in the retrial [JURIST report] of former Tyco International Ltd. [corporate website] top executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz. The first proceeding ended in a mistrial [JURIST report] last April because of outside pressure on a juror [JURIST report]. The two Tyco executives are charged [PDF indictment] with grand larceny and securities fraud in connection with large bonuses and other compensation they received while running the company. AP has more.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.