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• Audit faults Halliburton unit for shielding Iraq contract data

  - 2006-10-27

  WASHINGTON AFP — A Halliburton subsidiary has sought to prevent public disclosure of even routine reports about a contract to supply the US embassy in Iraq by inappropriately labeling them proprietary information, a government audit found. The audit by special inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction projects, Stuart Bowen, said the...

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• British probe launched into Halliburton subsidiary

  - 2006-08-07

  LONDON AFP — KBR, a subsidiary of oil service giant Halliburton, is being investigated by Britain's Serious Fraud Office over the company's role in an alleged plot to pay bribes to win billions of dollars worth of contracts at a Nigerian oil plant, the Financial Times said. For part...

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• India's Oil and Natural Gas signs services deal with Halliburton

  - 2006-05-17

  GUWAHATI, India AFP — India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. has hired US-based Halliburton to help boost crude oil output in the rebel-hit state of Assam, the company chairman said. The contract, part of a 25-billion-rupee (555-million-dollar) investment plan by ONGC to upgrade its operations, was signed last...

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• Pentagon opens probe on Halliburton water contract: senator

  - 2006-03-17

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Defense Department inspector general has opened a probe into allegations that US troops were provided contaminated water under a contract with Halliburton, a US lawmaker said. Senator Byron Dorgan, who had requested the probe, said he was informed that the inspector general will investigate the...

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• Halliburton to be reimbursed for most disputed Iraq contract costs

  - 2006-02-27

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US Army has decided to reimburse Halliburton most costs incurred in a 2.4 billion dollar no-bid contract in Iraq despite challenges by auditors of more than 200 million dollars of the costs, officials confirmed. The controversial contract to deliver fuel and repair oil facilities after...

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• Army official who questioned Halliburton deal reported demoted

  - 2005-08-29

  WASHINGTON AFP — A top US Army contracting official who criticized a large, noncompetitive contract with the Halliburton Company for work in Iraq has been demoted for what the Army called poor job performance, The New York Times reported. The newspaper said Bunnatine Greenhouse has worked in military procurement...

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• Halliburton subsidiary gets contract to build new prison camp at Guantanamo

  - 2005-06-17

  WASHINGTON AFP — A subsidiary of oil services giant Halliburton Inc. has been awarded a 30 million dollar contract to build a new prison camp at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon has announced. The contract awarded to Kellogg Brown and Root Services Inc. by...

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• Halliburton leading contender in construction of British aircraft carriers: report

  - 2004-11-21

  LONDON AFP — Halliburton, the oil services giant once run by US Vice President Dick Cheney, has emerged as a leading contender to manage the construction of two British aircraft carriers, The Sunday Telegraph said. The Ministry of Defence would not confirm or deny the report that Halliburton's subsidiary...

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• Halliburton back in news in US campaign's waning days

  - 2004-10-29

  WASHINGTON AFP — News of an FBI probe of Halliburton contracts in Iraq has made a splash in the presidential campaign's final days, with Democrats leading the charge against the company's former chief, Vice President Dick Cheney. The FBI has asked to interview an army contracting official about a...

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• Parties say 'aloha' to Hawaii as US election race enters tropical battleground

  - 2004-10-29

  WASHINGTON AFP — The race for the US presidency has landed in paradise, as the tropical state of Hawaii, long a Democratic stronghold, appears up for grabs in the November 2 election, with both parties making last-minute visits to the Aloha State to win the island vote. The sudden...

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