Woman held on suspicion of sending mail bombs

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of sending the two mail bombs found on cargo planes in the United Arab Emirates and the UK, Yemeni officials said tonight.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said the US and the United Arab Emirates have provided him with information that identified the woman as a suspect.

He said security forces had surrounded a house that was believed to be holding the woman.

A security official later said the woman had been arrested.