Former first lady Barbara Bush leaves Houston hospital

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The former first lady Barbara Bush has been discharged from a Texas hospital, where she spent nearly a week being treated for pneumonia.

A Bush family spokesman, Jim McGrath, said the wife of former President George HW Bush was released from Houston Methodist Hospital late on Saturday morning. The 88-year-old had been hospitalised since Monday.

She and her husband, the 41st president, live in Houston. The nation's longest-married presidential first couple will celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary on Monday.

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