Saleh vows to stick with transition through elections

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh calls for presidential, parliamentary and local elections and warns change cannot come except through the ballot box in his first speech to Yemenis since returning from Saudi Arabia where he received treatment after an attack in June.The president appeared on state television, the first time he has been publicly seen since his unexpected return to the country two days earlier. His arrival in Sanaa came despite the entreaties of Western and Gulf states for the veteran leader to end his 33-years in power following an eight-month revolt.On Sunday, state television showed him congratulating the under-16s soccer team for their victory in the Asian Football Confederation Championship. The Yemeni team defeated Pakistan in a match on Thursday.However, on the streets of the Yemeni capital, protests continued against the countrys long-time leader. Soldiers used live rounds against protesters as they marched out of their protest camp into the streets of Sanaa.Eighteen people were wounded and medics said two were in critical condition.Some 17 people were killed on Saturday when government forces attacked the main opposition protest camp in Sanaa, said witnesses and medics, bringing the death toll in five days of fighting to around 100.