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HALTING INFILTRATION

JANUARY 21 2010 09:25h

Yemen suspends granting entry visas at airports

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The measure comes as pressure mounts on Yemen to crack down on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

SANAA, January 21, 2010 (AFP) - Yemen announced on Thursday that it would stop granting entry visas to travellers at the country's international airports in order to "halt terrorist infiltration," the Saba state news agency reported.

The measure comes as pressure mounts on Yemen to crack down on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is entrenched in mountain redoubts east of the capital and claimed responsibility for the botched Christmas Day bid to down a US airliner over Detroit.

"Yemen has stopped granting visas at the airport to halt terrorist infiltration," Saba said.


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