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GLOBAL VENEZUELA-POLITICS
Venezuela humanitarian aid met with teargas and gunfire on borders CUCUTA, Colombia/URENA, Venezuela - Venezuelan troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro fired tear gas and rubber pellets at opposition supporters seeking to bring foreign aid over the Colombian border on Saturday, as the country's socialist government defied international pressure to step down.
NORTHKOREA-USA North Korea's Kim begins long train trip to Vietnam for summit with Trump: report
HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set off by train for Vietnam on Saturday, for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, media reported, and hours later, two witnesses saw a train crossing into China from North Korea. U.S.
PEOPLE-RKELLY R. Kelly bond on sexual assault charges set at $1 million
CHICAGO - Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly, who has faced years of sexual abuse allegations, was ordered held on a $1 million bond on Saturday on charges that he sexually assaulted three teenagers and a woman, as prosecutors offered new details in the case. TEXAS-CRASH
Cargo jet with three on board crashes near Houston airport: FAA NEW YORK - A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner with three people on board crashed into a bay near Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
BUSINESS BERKSHIRE-BUFFETT-BOOK-VALUE
In a shift, Buffett says focus on Berkshire's stock price Warren Buffett has long told investors in his Berkshire Hathaway Inc they should not pay so much attention to what its stock price is doing. No longer.
Buffett said in his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders on Saturday that the conglomerate's stock price will over time "provide the best measure of business performance." USA-TRADE-CHINA
As trade deadline looms, U.S. and China sprint to seal a deal WASHINGTON - U.S. and Chinese negotiators met for a fifth straight day on Saturday as the two sides race against a March 1 deadline to reach agreement and prevent a further escalation in their trade war.
ENTERTAINMENT PEOPLE-STANLEY-DONEN
Director Stanley Donen, famed for landmark film 'Singin' in the Rain,' dies at 94 Stanley Donen, the former dancer who directed some of Hollywood's greatest musicals including Gene Kelly's landmark "Singin' in the Rain," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "On the Town," has died at age 94, according to media reports.
AWARDS-OSCARS-APARICIO Star of Mexican film 'Roma' prompts raw discussion of race, class
MEXICO CITY - The Oscar-nominated film "Roma," which chronicles the life of a young housekeeper in 1970s Mexico, has put an uneasy focus on the nation's sharp class, ethnic and racial divisions, leading to mixed reactions to the indigenous woman cast in the starring role. SPORTS
BASKETBALL-NBA-LAL-GSW-GREEN Report: Warriors' Green to sign with LeBron's agent
Get ready for the rumors and conspiracy theories. Golden State Warriors do-it-all forward Draymond Green is preparing to sign with Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, according to Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes, which is sure to set off a firestorm of talk that Green will join forces with LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers.
PEOPLE-ROBERTKRAFT-CHARGE Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting
Robert Kraft, owner of the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots, was charged in Florida with soliciting prostitution after he was captured on video engaging in sex acts with a worker at a massage parlor, police said on Friday. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NORTHKOREA-USA/KAESONG (PIX) (TV)
ANALYSIS-Ahead of Trump-Kim summit, S.Korean firms in Vietnam dream of return to North Korea Some South Korean companies forced to close factories in Kaesong North Korea three years ago moved production facilities to Vietnam, attracted by low labor costs and political stability.
But many of those factory owners are struggling and hope the Trump Kim summit leads to a re-opening of the Kaesong factory park. 24 Feb 22:00 ET / 03:00 GMT
JAPAN-OKINAWA/ (PIX) (TV) Japan's Okinawa holds non-binding referendum on U.S. Marines base relocation plan
Okinawa holds a public referendum on planned relocation of U.S. Marines' Futenma air base within the southern Japanese island. 24 Feb
BRITAIN-EU/ May and EU leaders meeting in Egypt
British Prime Minister Theresa May expected to speak to EU leaders the sidelines of EU-Arab summit in Egypt about Brexit, an official says, but warns not to expect any breakthroughs. 24 Feb
EU-ARABS/ (PIX) (TV) Arab league holds summit with European Union member states
European and Arab state leaders are expected to discuss migration, security, and the situation in the region in a two-day conference held in the red sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh. 24 Feb 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
SENEGAL-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV) Senegal presidential elections
President Macky Sall faces a weak and divided opposition, with what would have been his main challenger in jail on controversial corruption charges. Sall points to his record on finishing key infrastructure projects, and the creation of an entire city in the semi-desert Dakar peninsula to relieve congestion in the main city.
24 Feb ITALY-POLITICS/SARDINIA
Italian island of Sardinia goes to the polls The Italian Mediterranean island of Sardinia goes to the polls in a regional election that will test the popularity of Italy's two ruling coalition parties, the League and the 5-Star Movement, which will be running against each other in the race.
5-Star won some 42.4 percent of the vote on the island in last year's parliamentary ballot. 24 Feb
MOLDOVA-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV) Moldova holds parliamentary elections
Moldova holds parliamentary election likely to produce a hung parliament, entrenching a split between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when concerns over corruption and democracy have soured its relations with the European Union. 24 Feb
CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE VENEZUELA-POLITICS/EVIDENCE (PIX) (TV)
One witness, little evidence: How Venezuelan justice targets the opposition Jose Rengel, an opposition leader in the outskirts of Caracas, has spent three weeks in a cramped detention cell after a single witness accused him of leading a riot that burned down a office.
But the building still stands. Lawyers and rights groups say Venezuela's justice system fabricates evidence and invents circumstance to target the opposition, newly energized under Juan Guaido. 24 Feb
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS ZIMBABWE-ECONOMY/
Trust deficit bedevils Zimbabwe currency reform Fifteen months after ousting longtime leader Robert Mugabe in an army-backed coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is struggling to restore confidence in an economy wrecked by hyperinflation and more than a decade of multiple exchange rates.
24 Feb AIRSHOW-INDIA/ (TV)
Aero India 24 Feb
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS-SPIRIT/SHOW (PIX) (TV)
Spirit awards ceremony for independent movies The Spirit Awards for independent movies are handed out at a ceremony in Santa Monica, California, on the eve of the annual Oscars
23 Feb 17:00 ET / 22:00 GMT RELIGION
POPE-ABUSE/SUMMIT (PIX) (TV) Final day of meeting with Pope Francis and key bishops on global sexual abuse crisis
Final day of summit between Pope Francis and senior Catholic bishops from around the world to discuss the protection of minors, in his latest attempt to come to grips with a spreading sexual abuse crisis. 24 Feb
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