Yemen detains suspected sender of mail bomb on cargo plane

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) addresses a news conference, as Chairman of the National Security Agency Ali al-Anesi listens, in Sanaa October 30, 2010. Yemen arrested on Saturday a woman thought to be involved in sending explosive packages to the United States after surrounding a house where she was hiding in the capital Sanaa, a security official said.

Yemeni intelligence agents detained a woman in the capital Sanaa early Saturday who was suspected of sending suspicious packages found on the cargo plane from Yemen to the United States, a security official told Xinhua.