MELISSA BLOCK, host: One final note on the unrest in the Middle East. It appears that Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was more gravely injured than initially reported. Saleh was hurt last week in an attack on his compound. He was said at the time to be lightly injured and he was flown to Saudi Arabia for treatment.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: U.S. officials now say he is suffering from burns over 40 percent of his body, from shrapnel wounds and bleeding inside his skull, wounds that could require a long recovery.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Still, Yemeni officials insist that President Saleh will return to Yemen in just days.
Officials with the Obama administration are saying that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was injured far worse in last week's attack than was initially reported. Melissa Block has more.