Around the World, a Race Against Time Bombs in Air

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By Matt Apuzzo, Eileen Sullivan and David Rising

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Around the World, a Race Against Time Bombs in Air

The woman stepped off Hadda Street into a pair of courier offices in Yemen's capital. In FedEx and UPS storefronts tucked along shopping centers and travel agencies in San'a, she mailed two Hewlett-Packard printers to the United States.

She used a fake name, address and phone number. She paid in cash. Then she disappeared.

Hidden inside each printer was a bomb powerful enough to down an airplane.

Authorities believe it was the most sophisticated effort yet by al-Qaida in Yemen to strike inside the U.S. Though detail...

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