MAKHACHKALA, Russia, July 12, SPA -- Police in Russia'sDagestan province say security forces killed five suspected militants in a gunbattle Sunday. Interior Ministry spokesman Mark Tolchinsky said theshootout occurred before dawn in the town of Khasavyurt,near the border with war-scarred Chechnya. He said thegunmen opened fire after security forces stopped their carat a roadblock and urged them to surrender, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/683608