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9 hrs ago | Houstonpress.com

KBR Rape Victim's Arbitration Award Not So Final Yet

Just when it looked as if the legal battle between former KBR contractor Tracy Barker and Halliburton, which used to own KBR, was about to come to a multi-million dollar conclusion, filings made today in the rape case seem to indicate there is still some ways to go until it is all over.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Houston Metro

Fri Nov 20, 2009

ABC News

Woman Who Claims Sexual Assault Wins $3 Million From Former Halliburton Division

Tracy Barker , who says a U.S. State Department employee sexually assaulted her in Iraq in 2005 has won $2.93 million in arbitration from KBR, the military contracting company that employed her.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Yuma, AZ

Raw Story

Rape victim upset KBR trying to modify $3M arbitration award

Tracy Barker has been awarded almost $3 million by an arbitrator in assault charges against a U.S. contractor and former Halliburton subsidiary, after claiming she was raped in 2005 by a State Department employee in Iraq, the Associated Press reports .

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KansasCity.com

Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Energy, Oil & Gas

Houston Chronicle

E-mails show KBR feared casualties before deadly attack

KBR security personnel expected casualties the night before six civilian drivers were killed and others injured in an Iraqi ambush, but sent the convoy into a combat zone anyway, according to e-mails presented in a Houston federal court Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Houston Metro, Iraq, World News, Energy, Oil & Gas

Wed Nov 18, 2009

R & D

Halliburton secures $122M contract with Total

Oilfield services giant Halliburton Co. on Wednesday said it was awarded a contract valued at about $122 million by Total SA, Europe's third-largest oil company.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Houston Business Journal

Halliburton to do work for Total

Halliburton Co. has been awarded a three-year contract by French energy giant Total SA valued at $122 million.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Houston Metro

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Taipei Times

Kuwaiti firm faces charges of bilking the US military

A Kuwaiti firm with US$8.5 billion in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted for fraud, accused of taking elaborate measures to overbill the Pentagon.

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Related Topix: Travel, Middle East, Israel Travel, Israel Travel, Iraq Travel, Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Nov 16, 2009

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

2 Ky. men sue contractors over exposure to toxins

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Related Topix: Cincinnati, OH, US Military, US Air Force, Bellevue, OH, Energy, Oil & Gas

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Letter: Amendment vote

Jamie Leigh Jones was raped by some fellow employees of Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad in 2005.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Energy, Oil & Gas, Iraq, World News, Sam Brownback, Kansas, Opinion

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Personal Injury Law News

Military contractors sued over Iraq a oeburn pitsa

An Air Force veteran and a one-time contractor who served in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Energy, Oil & Gas

Thu Nov 12, 2009

MarketNewsVideo

Daily Dividend Report: RSH, MMM, HAL, L, BAX

After the bell yesterday, Radioshack declared its quarterly dividend of twenty five cents per share, maintaining the amount paid last quarter.

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Related Topix: Retail, RadioShack, Energy, Oil & Gas, Business News, Video

Wed Nov 11, 2009

R & D

3 ND soldiers join lawsuits over Iraq 'burn pits'

Three North Dakota men who served in Iraq have joined lawsuits filed around the country against military contractors Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, US Military, US Air Force, Minot Air Force Base, Prison, Greenbelt, MD

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WHAS-TV Louisville

2 Ky. men sue contractors over exposure to toxins

A pair of Kentucky men who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing two U.S. military contractors and accusing the companies of exposing them to toxic fumes and ash from "burn pits." The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville on Monday by former Air Force Sgt.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY, US Military, US Air Force, Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Raw Story

Lawsuit: KBR May have Poisoned 100,000 in Iraq, Including Us Troops

Defense contractor KBR may have exposed as many as 100,000 people, including US troops, to cancer-causing toxins by burning waste in open-air pits in Iraq, says a series of class-action lawsuits filed against the company.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, US Politics, US News, Byron Dorgan, US Senate, Democrat, US Military, US Air Force, Huntsville Metro, Huntsville, AL

Sun Nov 08, 2009

AME Info

Halliburton wins South Ghawar deal

Saudi Arabia: 2 hours, 15 minutes ago Saudi Aramco has awarded US-based oilfield services corporation, Halliburton a broad five-year oilfield service contract to develop wells in the world's largest oil field, South Ghawar, Reuters has reported.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Lahonton Valley News

Unequal justice

In 2005, 19-year-old Jamie Leigh Jones of Houston was working for Halliburton/KBR in the Green Zone, Iraq.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Prison, US Politics, US News, Ted Poe, Republican, US House of Representatives

R & D

4 Colo. vets sue Halliburton, KBR

Four Colorado veterans are the latest to file "burn pit" lawsuits against military contractors accused of exposing soldiers to toxic fumes and ash.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Motley Fool

Do You Really Want to Buy Oilfield Services?

It hasn't been a top-notch earnings season for the oilfield services sector. Halliburton , the second-largest participant in the group, led off with mediocre results, but did manage to beat expectations.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Weatherford International, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, BJ Services

WPMT-TV York

Halliburton receives drilling contract for Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field

Halliburton Co. said Friday it received a contract to drill and complete oil wells in Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, World News

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