"Today, Yemen is newborn," sang dozens of youths in Sanaa`s University Square -- dubbed "Change Square" -- the epicentre of anti-regime protests that have raged against Saleh`s rule since January.
"This is it, the regime has fallen," others chanted.
Saleh, wounded by a blast as he prayed at a mosque inside his presidential compound on Friday, was transferred to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment late on Saturday, a Saudi official said.
The embattled leader suffered "burns and scratches to the face and chest," an official said after the ruling General People`s Congress said he was "lightly wounded in the back of the head."
In Sanaa, a presidential palace source only confirmed the departure of Saleh, who under the constitution is to be replaced by Deputy President Abdel Rabbo Mansur Hadi in his absence. (Uu.SYS/C/H-AK/C/H-AK) (*)
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