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PERTH, Australia (AP) — Ships searching for a missing Malaysian airliner are rushing to a part of the search area today in an attempt to confirm or dismiss three separate but fleeting sounds from deep in the Indian Ocean that heave been heard since Friday. While the electronic pulses raise hope of finding the black boxes, officials caution they may or may not be from the plane. The latest sound was heard today.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — State media report two people have been killed in Syria's capital by mortar shells that exploded near the Damascus Opera House today. Rebels have intensified their shelling of the Syrian capital to relieve pressure on an opposition neighborhood that government forces have been trying to seize.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama continues to take matters into his own hands where he can in efforts to advance his economic policies. This week, he'll sign an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other. In addition, Obama will order the Labor Department to require federal contractors to provide compensation data based on sex and race.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is expected to overtake South Africa as the biggest economy on the continent. It's the result of a long-overdue recount of its GDP that will give it continental bragging rights but do little for its 112 million people surviving in poverty. Economists say the rebasing will lower Nigeria's much-vaunted growth rate and the debt ratio of the country that is Africa's most populous, with 170 million people, and its biggest oil producer.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The political party a dead Ukrainian journalist belonged to says it has gotten threats over the past week. Authorities say the body of the kidnapped journalist who played an active role in protests that led to President Viktor Yanukovych's (yah-noo-KOH'-vich-ez) ouster in February has been found in a forest some 60 miles outside the capital, Kiev.
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