A.M. Links: Pro-Russian Protesters Declare Republic in Eastern Ukraine, Jeb Bush Says Many Illegal Immigrants Come to U.S. as ‘Act of Love,’ Rwandans Mark Genocide Anniversary

• Pro-Russian protesters
  seized government buildings in three cities in eastern Ukraine
  yesterday. Protesters in the city of Donetsk have
  declared a “people’s republic” and have reportedly called for a
  Crimea-style referendum.
• 
  Jeb Bush, who recently said that some people come to the U.S.
  illegally as “an
  act of love,” has said that he will decide whether he will run
  for president in 2016 by the end of the year.   
• An Australian ship searching for MH370 has
  detected signals consistent with those that would come from the
  missing flight’s so-called “black box” recorder.
• According to Rep.
  Jim Moran (D-Va.) members of Congress, who are on salaries of
  $174,000 a year, are underpaid.
• Rwandans are marking the 20th anniversary of the
  Hutu-led genocide. France’s justice minister
  will not be attending ceremonies in Kigali as planned after
  Rwanda’s president said that both France and Belgium played a role
  in the “political preparation for the genocide.”
• 
  Japan and Australia have reached agreements on a trade
  deal after seven years of negotiation. The deal will either
  eliminate or reduce tariffs on a range of goods including beef and
  cars.

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