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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Nov 30

30 Nov 2007 04:00:07 GMT
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Nov. 30. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Since the Virginia Tech shootings last spring, the FBI has more than doubled the number of people nationwide who are prohibited from buying guns because of mental health problems, the Justice Department said yesterday.

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MOSCOW - Across Russia, officials loyal to the Kremlin have used unprecedented administrative pressure and harassment to disrupt the electoral campaigns of opposition parties and maximize the vote of United Russia, the party that President Vladimir Putin is leading into Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to opposition party members, independent monitors and political analysts.

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As violence continues to dip across Iraq, U.S. officials say they will increasingly shift their barometers of success from security to basic services -- electricity, gasoline, water and sanitation -- that reflect whether life for Iraqis is returning to normal.

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For law students on the verge of entering the professional world, career options can test their values in deep ways for the first time in their lives. In Washington, home to prestigious law firms, government agencies and public interest organizations, the options pose stark contrasts.

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Last night, the social-networking site Facebook backed down and announced that a new feature which shares users' online purchases with their friends would no longer be active for any transaction unless users click "ok."

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MIAMI - Four days after Sean Taylor was fatally shot in his Miami home, family and friends of the Washington Redskins safety struggled Thursday with competing theories about the motives behind the attack but had few tangible clues.

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