Hairline between adjacent text frames

The attached Indesign CS4 document has two text frames with a black background that touch near the bottom of the document. When I look at this document in preview mode in InDesign, there is a horizontal hairline between the two text frames. When I export this document as a pdf the hairline is not present.
Does anyone know what is causing this?

I thnink this is a display anomaly. That white line is really the graphic behind the upper frame showing through, which will become much more apparent if you remove the stroke from the two frames. It seems to disappear if you zoom in.

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