Yemeni security officials said on Saturday that a girl believed to have sent bomb parcels on two US-bound flights had been arrested in her house in the capital Sana'a.
The two parcels were found Friday at airports in London and Dubai on flights originating in Yemen.
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President Ali Abdullah Saleh told reporters that Yemen had received a tipoff about the girl from the US authorities.
US officials had identified the girl through a mobile phone SIM card attached to one of the parcels.
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