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US, UK close Yemen embassies over al-Qaida threats (AP)

FILE - Yemeni soldiers on top of a truck patrol the road in front of the main entrance of the US Embassy in the capital San'a, Yemen in this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo. A statement posted on Sunday Jan. 3, 2010 on the embassy Web site said it had closed but provided no further details. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

AP - Western embassies in Yemen locked up Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror group's expanded reach in the poor Arab nation where an offshoot apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner.

Obama adviser: No smoking gun in airline bomb plot (AP)

In this photograph released by 'Meet The Press', John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser, appears on 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios Sunday January 3, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) NO SALES

AP - U.S. intelligence agencies did not miss a "smoking gun" that could have prevented an alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday.

Passengers on US-bound flights face more screening (AP)

Passengers wait to check in at Baltimore Washington International Airport on December 29, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. US authorities Sunday tightened security measures for all US-bound airline passengers, including enhanced mandatory screening of travellers from countries deemed to sponsor terrorism.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)

AP - Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

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