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A flare up between arch-foes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing on Saturday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot, amid efforts by global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

USA-IMMIGRATION-ASYLUM Mexico frets over U.S. plans to take divisive asylum policy to new cities TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States is aiming to ramp up in coming weeks a program to send Central American asylum seekers to Mexico to await U.S. court dates, an experimental policy that Mexican officials and migrant shelters say risks overwhelming an underfunded system.

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Centrist Democrats stray on votes, roiling House majority party WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freshman Democrats determined to walk a centrist path in the U.S. House of Representatives are testing party harmony between moderates and liberals, just as work on major issues including gun control and healthcare policy is getting underway.

USA-TRUMP Back home from Hanoi, Trump faces more political headwinds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump embarked on his trip to Vietnam with a political cloud hanging over his head and keen to show progress on a thorny foreign policy issue that has befuddled many of his predecessors. BUSINESS

USA-CHINA-HUAWEI-TECH Canada approves Huawei extradition proceedings, China seethes

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government, as expected, on Friday approved extradition proceedings against the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, prompting a furious reaction from China. TESLA-SOLAR

Tesla's store-shuttering strategy may pull the rug out of solar SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's sudden decision to shutter the bulk of its stores around the world raises a red flag over the future of its solar branch, a declining business it paid

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Actress Katherine Helmond of TV's 'Soap,' 'Who's the Boss?' dies at 89 Actress Katherine Helmond, a seven-time Emmy Award nominee who played lusty matriarchs on the hit television sitcoms "Soap" and "Who's the Boss" from the 1970s into the 1990s, died last month at the age of 89, her talent agency said on Friday.

FILM-THEDIRT-MOTLEY-CRUE Motley Crue rock biopic: a tale of success, excess and ants

Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a new movie about the antics of 1980s metal hellraisers Motley Crue, a band known as much for their hedonism as their music, has it all. SPORTS

BASKETBALL-NBA-GASOL Gasol to bring veteran experience to young Bucks lineup: report

Two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol is leaving the San Antonio Spurs to join the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks, ESPN reported on Friday, a move that will add veteran experience to a young team trying to win the franchise their first title since 1971. FOOTBALL-NFL-ARI-MURRAY

Murray meeting with Cardinals; would be 'great' to go No. 1 INDIANAPOLIS - The Arizona Cardinals have publicly supported Josh Rosen as their quarterback of the future, but it appears they are at least considering targeting Kyler Murray in the draft.

UPCOMING POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM (PIX) RPT-Trepidation in Mexican migrant shelters as U.S. ramps up divisive asylum program Migrant shelters and local officials warn they risk being overwhelmed as the United States prepares to ramp up an experimental policy that sends Central American asylum seekers back into Mexico to await U.S. court dates.RPT OF FRIDAY STORY 2 Mar 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

USA-POLITICS/CONSERVATIVES-TRUMP (PIX) (TV) Trump speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting at National Harbor near Washington DC. 2 Mar 16:30 ET / 16:30 GMT USA-ELECTION/SANDERS (PIX)

U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders returns to Brooklyn to campaign U.S. Presidential Candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to Returns to Brooklyn to campaign 2 Mar 16:30 ET / 16:30 GMT

USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-COLLUSION (PIX) EXPLAINER: In Trump-Russia probe, when does collusion become a crime?

As Special Counsel Robert Mueller has pursued his investigation into Moscow's role in the 2016 U.S. election, legal experts have debated what sort of contacts between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia may have violated U.S. criminal law. 2 Mar 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT SPORTS

SOCCER-USA-LAG/BECKHAM (TV) Soccer - United States - LA Galaxy to unveil Beckham statue ahead of season opener

The LA Galaxy unveil a statue of former star David Beckham prior to the team's season opener against the Chicago Fire at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. 2 Mar 22:45 ET / 22:45 GMT