Abdul Hakeem Hussein, the wounded Iraqi boy who captured countless hearts during his five-month stay in Pittsburgh for reconstructive facial surgery, returned to the city yesterday for the next stage of treatment.

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He is expected to be here for about three months while doctors continue replacing the scar tissue on his left cheek with skin grafts.

Now 9 years old and several inches taller, he is still shy and sweet-tempered.

At the Ronald McDonald House in Oakland, where he and his father are staying, he could only be prodded by translator Marie Teslovich to say a few words of English although he knows more. But he was quick to smile and shake hands, and said he hoped to visit soon with the friends he made last time around.

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