This is AP News Minute.China announced Tuesday that it has found no terror links among its nationals on board the Malaysia jetliner that went missing.Volunteers in Ukraine join the National Guard after Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov called up 20,000 reservists.Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula as an independent and sovereign country Monday.Only hours after the U.S. and E.U. announced sanctions and asset freezes against officials involved in the Crimean crisis.“As a member of the GM family, and…” General Motor’s CEO Mary Barra announced a new recall of 1.5 million vehicles Monday.She also addressed the recall of more than 1.6 million small cars last month,as part of an effort to assure buyers that GM is moving faster to fix safety defects in its cars and trucks.The animals at Illinois Brookfield Zoo got lucky this St. Patrick’s Day, as zoo keepers treated them to shamrock goodies.Grey seals enjoyed shamrock-shaped gelatin. While orangutans and gorillas nibbled on shamrock-shaped monkey biscuits.Salim Essaid, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
