 WASHINGTON/ADEN: A US official says Yemen's longtime president will wait until after a vote next week on a new interim president before returning home. Ali Abdullah Saleh has been in the United States since last month to receive treatment for injuries sustained in an assassination attempt last year.
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The Obama administration has pressed the 69-year-old Saleh not to return until after Tuesday's election of Yemen's vice president as the new leader. Opponents fear he will continue to wield power behind the scenes.
A US official says Saleh will wait until Wednesday to return. |