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RIYADH, May 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Two Americans, two Britons and an Australian were killed in an attack on an engineering firm in the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu on Saturday, security sources said. According to the sources, all the five Western engineers worked for ABB Lummus, a subsidiary of Swiss-Swedish engineering and oil services giant ABB. The Saudi Interior Ministry earlier said in a statement that four men entered the headquarters of a Saudi contractor in Yanbu Saturday morning and fired at random at Saudis and foreigners. "There were a number of deaths and injuries among Saudis and foreigners,"...

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry on Monday voiced unwavering support for special U.S. ties with Israel and vowed to end "sweetheart relationships" with Arab countries like Saudi Arabia that he said funded terror. Courting the Jewish vote in Florida, the state at the center of the disputed 2000 election, the presumptive Democratic nominee cited a report that President Bush and his senior advisers made "a secret White House deal" with the Saudis to deliver lower gas prices. "Last night ... it was reported that in the Oval Office discussion around whether to invade Iraq that the president,...

State Department — (04/15/04)-- The State Department says there are "credible indications" of terror threats against Americans in Saudi Arabia. As a result, it is considering withdrawing non-essential U.S. diplomats and their families from the kingdom. The government says the threats include the targeting of diplomatic and other official facilities in Riyadh, along with residential compounds. The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia said in a message yesterday to American citizens in the country that they should stay vigilant, especially in public areas associated with Westerners. (Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This story will be only available...