New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks before signing New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act into law during a ceremony in the Red Room at the Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school shooting, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and mandatory background checks for buying ammunition. Photo: AP
French defense minister Jean Yves Le Drian addresses reporters during a press conference held at the defense ministry in Paris. France carried out new airstrikes overnight against Islamist fighters in central Mali. Photo: AP
An All Nippon Airways flight sits at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan after it made an emergency landing. The flight to Tokyo from Ube in western Japan landed at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems, in the latest trouble for the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner”. Photo: AP
From left, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., Suffolk County NY Executive Steve Bellone, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., Rep. Steve Israel, D-NY, and Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, celebrate just after the House of Representatives passed a $50.7 billion emergency aid bill for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, at the Capitol in Washington. The measure is expected to pass the Senate as well. Photo: AP
Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, one of them holding a sign with an image of him, gather outside of the National Assembly during the state-of-the-nation address in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: AP
People wait to enter the U.S. Interests Section to apply for U.S. visas in Havana, Cuba. Cubans formed long lines outside travel agencies and migration offices, as a highly anticipated new law took effect on Monday, ending the island's much-hated exit visa requirement. In October, the Interests Section more than doubled its capacity for processing nonimmigrant visa applications, and the wait time for an interview has fallen from nearly five years to less than a year, according to U.S. diplomats. Photo: AP
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about Facebook Graph Search at a Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The new service lets users search their social connections for information about their friends’ interests, and for photos and places. Photo: AP
