PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - June 21

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WASHINGTON, June 21 | Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:18am EDT

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on June 21. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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RANGOON - Fed up with the Burmese junta's haphazard relief efforts, ad hoc groups of volunteers step in to assist cyclone victims with aid forays that revive a long-repressed spirit of social activism.

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Amid rising deficit, the next U.S. president may be unable to fulfill campaign promises, fiscal experts say.

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The White House's disregard for repeated legal warnings from senior lawyers about its detainee strategy in Guantanamo Bay leads to more judicial scrutiny.

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The calm in Basra, where a rebuilt Iraqi army controls a city once held by militias, may offer a guide for security in Iraq.

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The Phoenix Lander discovers ice on Mars, scientists say, a key clue in determining whether the planet supported life.

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