Israeli troops kill Palestinian at Gaza border

GAZA CITY – Israeli troops shot and killed a teenage Palestinian militant along the country’s border with Gaza yesterday in the first deadly incident since the two sides reached a cease-fire last month.

NKorea nuclear talks resume * BEIJING – Negotiators resumed talks yesterday on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, with hopes of laying out a programme for what could be a lengthy attempt to verify the country’s declaration of its atomic materials. Pakistan accuses India of breaking cease-fire * ISLAMABAD Pakistan – Pakistan’s army spokesman accused Indian forces of violating a 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir yesterday, but a top Indian official denied the country’s army had fired on Pakistan’s positions in the disputed Himalayan region.California fire forces 10 000 to evacuate * SAN FRANCISCO – Authorities ordered more than 10 000 residents of Paradise, California, to leave their homes on Wednesday as a stubborn wildfire threatened to jump a river and spread into town where a blaze destroyed 74 homes in June.Thousands protest Peru’s economic policy * LIMA – Tens of thousands of union workers took to the streets across Peru on Wednesday to protest rising food and fuel prices they blame on the free-market policies of President Alan Garcia.Pakistan accuses India of breaking cease-fire * ISLAMABAD Pakistan – Pakistan’s army spokesman accused Indian forces of violating a 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir yesterday, but a top Indian official denied the country’s army had fired on Pakistan’s positions in the disputed Himalayan region.California fire forces 10 000 to evacuate * SAN FRANCISCO – Authorities ordered more than 10 000 residents of Paradise, California, to leave their homes on Wednesday as a stubborn wildfire threatened to jump a river and spread into town where a blaze destroyed 74 homes in June.Thousands protest Peru’s economic policy * LIMA – Tens of thousands of union workers took to the streets across Peru on Wednesday to protest rising food and fuel prices they blame on the free-market policies of President Alan Garcia.