WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Feb. 22. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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AUSTIN - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, facing a pair of big primary tests on March 4, is deadlocked with Sen. Barack Obama in Texas and holds a slender lead over him in Ohio, according to two new Washington Post-ABC News polls.

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MOSCOW - A rampaging crowd of several hundred Serb demonstrators, incensed by the U.S. recognition of Kosovo's independence, overran and burned part of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday.

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The top U.S. federal election official told Sen. John McCain that he cannot immediately withdraw from the presidential public financing system as he had requested.

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For years, Sen. John McCain has railed against lobbyists and the influence of "special interests" in Washington. But when the Arizona Republican huddled with his closest advisers last weekend to map out his presidential campaign, virtually every one was part of the Washington lobbying culture he has long decried.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's victorious opposition parties agreed to form a governing coalition in the newly elected Parliament, signaling a break from past political rivalries and imposing a fresh challenge to President Pervez Musharraf, a U.S. ally.

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