Barack Obama and Clinton Rodham Clinton, two Democratic Senators who were rivals for the presidential nominee, are set to show up together in a campaign rally in a New Hampshire town of Unity, Obama's campaign announced on Monday.

The location was considered to be intentionally selected for a "United for Change" rally on Friday where the two would, for the first time, appear in public together after Clinton conceded defeat to Obama who clinched candidacy on June 3.

Among other reasons for the town being picked, its voters, by the square, cast exactly 107 ballots to each candidate in the January 8 primary, and New Hampshire is expected to be a critical battleground for Democrats in the November general elections.

Obama's campaign said that time of the rally and other further details would be released soon.

The public appearance will be followed by a private fundraising event in Washington where Clinton would meet Obama and introduce him to her financial backers.

The two candidates were caught in a five-month neck-and-neck race since the primary began on January 3, leaving Democratic camp in split. But shortly after Clinton announced to quit the race, she called her supporters to stand behind Obama for the party unity and victory in the November general elections.

(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2008)