One thousand Muslims who made a perilous escape from Srebrenica trekked toward their hometown yesterday, a decade after thousands of their countrymen died in the Bosnian war's worst massacre.

Nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed toward the end of the 1992-95 war when Bosnian Serb troops overran the eastern Bosnian enclave. The marchers will arrive in Srebrenica tomorrow and will join about 50,000 people, including regional leaders and U.S. and other international dignitaries, to mark the grim anniversary.

Jerusalem

Palestinian teen killed along barrier

A Palestinian boy was shot to death yesterday by a guard patrolling Israel's barrier in the West Bank, authorities said.

The teenager was killed following an afternoon of protest marking the first anniversary of an international court ruling that declared the controversial barrier illegal and ordered its dismantling.

There were conflicting accounts as to whether the youth, Muheb Ahmed Assi, was involved in any demonstration when he was shot.

Beijing

North Korea nuclear talks may resume

A senior Chinese official will travel to North Korea after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks in Beijing this weekend, as China seeks the resumption of negotiations on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the Chinese government announced yesterday.

The trip is part of Chinese efforts to narrow differences between the Pyongyang government and the Bush administration over the possible return of North Korea to six-nation talks it has boycotted for the past 13 months.

The veteran diplomat was expected to report to North Korean officials on Rice's discussions, with the Chinese leadership laying out U.S. ideas for getting the talks back on track.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Fraud claims delay election results

Election results for more than half the seats in Ethiopia's parliament show the ruling party and opposition in a virtual tie, but results for the remaining seats from the May vote have been delayed to check claims of fraud, election officials said yesterday.

The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front and its smaller political allies have won 158 seats to 148 seats for the opposition coalitions, officials said.

Compiled from The Associated Press, Reuters and the Los Angeles Times