Injured Yemeni leader accepts offer for care from Saudi Arabia

Sunday, June 5, 2011

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's embattled president accepted an offer from the Saudi monarch to seek treatment in his kingdom after being wounded in a rocket attack, raising the possibility Saturday that he could leave the country after nearly four months of mass protests seeking to end his 33-year rule.

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