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Top Zarqawi Aide Nabbed in Mosul

BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. forces captured a man known as Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi’s (search) “most trusted operations agent in all of Iraq,” a U.S. general in Iraq said Thursday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Alston told reporters Thursday that Mohammed Khalif Shaiker (search), also known as Abu Talha or the …

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Scientists Free Mars Rover From Sand Dune

PASADENA, Calif. – The Mars rover (search) Opportunity resumed rolling freely across the Martian surface Saturday after scientists freed it from a sand dune where it had been mired for nearly five weeks, NASA (search) officials said. Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (search), which manages the mission, cheered when …

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FTC OKs Chevron-Unocal Merger

WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission on Friday cleared the way for Chevron Corp. (CVX) to acquire Unocal Corp. (UCL) for $18 billion, voting 4-0 to settle a two-year-old complaint against Unocal alleging anticompetitive practices. The settlement ends a legal fight between Unocal and the FTC (search) over the energy …

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