PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - June 21
Source: Reuters
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. --- 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. --- Amid rising deficit, the next U.S. president may be unable to fulfill campaign promises, fiscal experts say. --- The White House's disregard for repeated legal warnings from senior lawyers about its detainee strategy in Guantanamo Bay leads to more judicial scrutiny. --- The calm in Basra, where a rebuilt Iraqi army controls a city once held by militias, may offer a guide for security in Iraq. --- The Phoenix Lander discovers ice on Mars, scientists say, a key clue in determining whether the planet supported life.
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