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Fri 03 Mar 2002Water company RWE to take over InnogyGermany's RWE has agreed a £3.1 billion sterling bid for Britain's Innogy in a deal that puts it among Europe's top three electricity utilities.The deal is part of a move across Europe by the bigger firms in the utility sector, seeking to grab market share as governments open up their previously monopolistic and state-run industries to competition.