41.   To drive home its point, Russia refused visas to some foreign guests and threatened to cut diplomatic ties with any country that recognizes Chechnya.

42.   Two former South African political prisoners who planned to arrive in Canada Friday were refused tourist visas because of their criminal records.

43.   He had twice previously been refused a visa by Canberra over his claims that accounts of the Holocaust were exaggerated.

44.   Irving, who has been labelled an apologist for Hitler, has twice previously been refused a visa by Canberra over his claims the Holocaust was exaggerated.

45.   According to Act-Up Paris, Japan refuses entry visas to those who declare themselves to be infected with the AIDS virus.

46.   Also expected were videotaped messages from those who have been refused British visas to attend in person by virtue of their records on terrorism.

47.   But, Milosevic said, he was told Tuesday by the prison that the Dutch were refusing a visa for his wife.

48.   The United States has refused a visa to the deputy leader of the opposition Chart Thai party, Wattana Asavahem, Thai officials said.

49.   The United States has refused a visa to Thai opposition MP Mongkol Chongsuthamanee because of suspicion he was involved in drug trafficking, the US Embassy said Friday.

50.   The visit was originally scheduled for last year but was cancelled by Australia after Vietnam refused a visa for one of the proposed delegates.