New York Times by Jodi Wilgoren:

Northfield, Minn. -- It had the makings of a reality television show: "Real World" meets "Survivor," with a dose of "Fear Factor."

Five students at a small liberal arts college, yanked from their experiential learning seminar in China, quarantined in a dean's house for three days after their roommate's 101-degree fever made him suspect for SARS. One cable modem. Five cellphones. Groceries delivered daily to the back porch. All the mediocre movies they could watch.

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BBC News:

Guangzhou is one of the areas worst hit by the deadly virus

Officials in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have sent 1,000 sanitary workers into the streets to stop people spitting, in an effort to curb the spread of SARS.

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