Thursday, April 09, 2009

SPB News for Thursday.




TX county refuses KBR a $600k contract

US to take part in talks with Iran
Obama administration move marks foreign policy shift away from Bush.

Nigeria asks U.S. for names in KBR bribery case Nigeria has asked the United States for the names of Nigerian officials accused of taking bribes from former Halliburton Co unit KBR Inc with a view to prosecuting them, the government said on Wednesday. KBR, the former engineering subsidiary of Halliburton, pleaded guilty in February to charges it paid $180 million in bribes to Nigerian officials in a decade-long scheme to secure $6 billion in contracts.

Halliburton: $150m Bribe 'Traced to Zurich' The Federal Government has disclosed that investigators have traced $150 million out of the $180 million Halliburton bribe money to Zurich, Switzerland – although it is yet to ascertain the name of the account holder. It has also said it cannot prosecute those named until it has concrete and authenticated evidence from the United States Justice Department.

At emotional hearing, relatives finally hear man's name cleared — AUSTIN — Twenty-two years ago, Ruby Session listened in disbelief as a Lubbock jury convicted her son, Timothy Cole, of rape. She promised herself that one day she would make sure this injustice was corrected.

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