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AFP: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101207...lgascorruption

Nigerian authorities filed charges Tuesday against ex-US vice president Dick Cheney and several others over a bribery scandal allegedly involving energy firm Halliburton, the prosecutor said.

Others charged include Halliburton CEO David Lesar, a copy of the charges showed, as well as Halliburton Inc., its former subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), former KBR head Albert "Jack" Stanley and that firm's current leader William Utt.

"There are conspiracy charges and giving gratification to public officers," prosecutor Godwin Obla said of the 16 counts filed at the high court in the Nigerian capital Abuja. "There is also a charge for obstruction of justice."

A spokesman for the country's anti-graft agency confirmed the charges had been filed against nine suspects, including Cheney, who was head of Halliburton before becoming vice president after 2000 elections.

The case involves an alleged 182 million dollar cash-for-contract scandal over 10 years until 2005 over construction of a liquified natural gas plant in southern Nigeria.

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