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Corrected: Liberia signs $1.6 billion palm oil deal

(Government spokesman corrects acreage to 500,000 from 500 in paragraph 1)

(Government spokesman corrects acreage to 500,000 from 500 in paragraph 1)

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's government has signed a $1.6 billion deal with Golden Veroleum for a 500,000-acre palm oil plantation in the southeast of the West African nation, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

"When ratified by the legislature, it will create over 35,000 jobs for Liberians," presidential spokesman Cyrus Badio told Reuters by telephone.

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