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Yemeni government says Saleh will return after recovery

Arab World Materials 9 August 2011 19:15 (UTC +04:00)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will return to his country after convalescing in Saudi Arabia, the official SABA news agency reported on Tuesday
Yemeni government says Saleh will return after recovery

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will return to his country after convalescing in Saudi Arabia, the official SABA news agency reported on Tuesday dpa reported

It quoted a source at the president's office as saying that the recovery period will be determined by his doctors.

The president's office also denied a report by the regional Asharq al-Awsat Monday saying that US officials have convinced Saleh not to return to Yemen.

Saleh left hospital in Riyadh on Saturday, where he has been since an attack on his presidential palace in June left him seriously injured.

The attack came amid division across the country as millions of Yemenis have been taking to the streets since February to demand Saleh's ouster. Around 400 people have been killed in government crackdown, human rights advocates said.

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