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Saleh has shrapnel near heart, burns on face-BBC
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Other Yemen officials in Saudi Arabia for treatment
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Tensions ease in Taiz as troops leave (Adds Saleh expected in Saudi Arabia)
By Mohamed Sudam and Amena Bakr
SANAA/RIYADH, June 4 (Reuters) - Saudia Arabia brokered a fresh truce in Yemen on Saturday and a Riyadh government source said President Ali Abdullah Saleh was expected to leave the country within hours for medical treatment.
"Saleh is expected to come to Saudi Arabia tonight for treatment for neck and chest wounds," the source in Riyadh, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.
Seven people were killed in an attack on the presidential palace on Friday that wounded Saleh, who is facing mounting domestic and regional pressure to end his three-decade rule.
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