WORLD BRIEFS

No Risk Seen in N. Korea Maneuvers For the second straight day, North Korea moved armed troops into thebuffer zone with South Korea. U.S. and UN officials said there wasno evidence of a threat. South Korea said 260 soldiers entered thedemilitarized zone Saturday and left three hours later. In bothcases, the soldiers entered the zone at Panmunjom, the village wherean armistice was signed 43 years ago. U.S. officials called theviolation serious but, noting similar North Korean incursions in thepast, said it appeared to pose no risk.8 Killed in Avalanche at Ecuador Volcano At least eight people werekilled and 20 believed buried Saturday when part of the snow peak ofan Ecuadoran volcano fell, causing a large avalanche, officials said.The Cotopaxi Volcano, south of Quito, is one of Ecuador's maintourist attractions. Most of the victims were visitors trying toreach the peak.Neo-Nazi March Backs Auschwitz Mall Carrying banners decrying NATO,the European Union and Jews, about 100 ultranationalists marchedoutside the Auschwitz death camp to support the construction of amini-mall nearby. The two-hour march from Auschwitz to an adjacentcamp compound at Birkenau proceeded without incident. Survivors ofthe camp, Jewish organizations and Polish officials have objected toa plan to build a shopping center across from the camp site.