SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was slightly wounded when shells struck his palace in Sanaa on Friday, an official said, as fighting intensified that pushed the impoverished country closer toward civil war.
Fierce fighting engulfed the Yemeni capital, where residents cowered in their homes as explosions rocked the city, and questions arose over Saleh's health after he failed to appear at a planned news conference after the sprawling palace was hit.
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