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Electronic vetting 'main weapon' in terror threat

Phil Woolas, the UK Immigration Minister, last night defended the Westminster government�s electronic �borders system for vetting foreign students, saying that without it there would be a �gaping chasm� in the nation�s defences.

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MICHAEL SETTLE, UK Political Editor

Phil Woolas, the UK Immigration Minister, last night defended the Westminster government's electronic borders system for vetting foreign students, saying that without it there would be a "gaping chasm" in the nation's defences.