January 21, 2010 9:02 PM

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Yemen decides to halt terrorist infiltration, plans stoppage of issuing visas

Yemen is to stop issuing visas to foreigners arriving at international airports. The state media has said the move is to halt terrorist infiltration. <br/><br/>The change will affect Western visitors, including those from the US, Canada and Europe, who had generally been able to get visas at airports. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, apparently trained a Nigerian man charged over the failed bomb attempt on a US plane last month. There has been increasing pressure on Yemen to crack down on al-Qaeda in the wake of the 25 December plot.

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