First European minister visits Yemen after bomb plot (AFP)

January 11, 2010 7:56 am | topstories

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle addresses reporters in Sanaa under a huge painting depicting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.(AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)AFP – German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle paid a surprise visit to Sanaa on Monday as pressure mounted on Yemen to rein in Al-Qaeda militants believed behind a botched attempt to bomb a US airliner.


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