Yemeni president leaves Saudi hospital, but will continue to recuperate in Saudi capital

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left a hospital in Saudi Arabia more than two months after being severely wounded in an attack on his palace compound in Sanaa, Yemen's state news agency said Sunday.

Saleh, who was badly burned in the June 3 blast, was discharged from the hospital in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and moved to a government residence in the city to further recuperate, the SABA news agency said. It was not immediately clear when — or if — Saleh would return to Yemen, which has been rocked by more than six months of mass protests calling for his ouster.

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Peter Wallsten 08 Aug, 2011

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