LONDON (AFX) – Near-term prospects of a western oil major taking a strategic stake in AO Yukos have receded dramatically with the arrest of the company’s CEO, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, but a merger remains very much on the cards at some stage, analysts said. Overtures from both ExxonMobil Corp and ChevronTexaco Corp to buy up to…

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