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Riyadh Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian security forces said they killed two militants on Wednesday in Taif, while gunmen fired on a car carrying at least one American in the capital Riyadh. The shootouts are likely to fuel concerns that Saudi Arabia is becoming a hotbed of Islamic extremist activity, making it unsafe for foreign oil workers and other expatriates. The violent incidents come only days after a bloody attack on a housing compound for foreigners in the oil town of Khobar, which killed 22 people. Despite an aggressive government security clampdown, a spate of attacks in the last six weeks has left 35 people Ð mostly foreigners Ð dead in Saudi Arabia. Beijing - China says the latest outbreak of SARS has been brought under control. Authorities closed the SARS prevention headquarters in Beijing and the health ministry stopped its daily surveillance reports on the disease on Tuesday. China had reported nine SARS cases in April and MayÑseven in Beijing and two in the eastern province of Anhui. Kabul - Three foreign aid workers and two Afghans died on Wednesday in an ambush in northwestern Afghanistan. It was the deadliest attack on foreigners since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001 and the Taliban were quick to claim responsibility. Gunmen ambushed a car used by the international medical charity Mdecins Sans Frontires.
