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Phelps Dodge to Buy Inco, Falconbridge for $40B

NEW YORK – Phelps Dodge Corp. (PD) on Monday said it would acquire Canada’s Inco Ltd. (N) and Falconbridge Ltd. (FAL) for about $40 billion in a blockbuster deal to create the world’s largest nickel miner and second-largest copper producer. Phelps Dodge said it would buy Inco for C$80.13 per …

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Militant Indonesian Cleric Calls on Bush to Convert to Islam

SOLO, Indonesia – A reputed leader of the Al Qaeda-linked terror group blamed for deadly bombings across Indonesia on Thursday accused President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard of waging wars against Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir also called on Bush and Howard to …

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More BASE Jumping Laws Unlikely in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho – The jumpers leaping from the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls free-fall for three seconds before releasing their parachutes during a 486-foot descent. The bridge is the only manmade location in the United States where so-called BASE jumpers — short for the buildings, antennae, spans and earth from …

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