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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - June 28

Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:13pm EDT

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on June 28. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Rivals turned allies Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton make a determined show of unity in the first public appearance together since the end of the their turbulent Democratic nomination fight.

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The Justice Department agreed to pay a biological-weapons expert $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit filed after the government named him a "person of interest" in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe's militias drove a frightened electorate to the polls, threatening vengeance on those who failed to cast ballots for the only man ever to rule Zimbabwe.

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