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Manufacturing activity in New York state improved moderately in May as shipments rose and employment levels and hours expanded, a report from the New York Federal Reserve Bank said Tuesday.

In a sign that airport security workers don't discriminate, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was subjected to a TSA pat-down before boarding his flight at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

The latest crisis in Air India, India's state-owned airliner, began a week ago when striking pilots suddenly reported sick in huge numbers. The crisis has entered its eighth day Tuesday with the carrier cancelling 24 more flights even as no indication of a solution is seen on the horizon.

President Karolos Papoulias suggested he may propose a government led by non-politician technocrats with broad national appeal, somewhat similar to what Italy adopted with Prime Minister Mario Monti.

President Barack Obama raised more than $2 million from Wall Street at a private fundraiser in New York City on the same day his campaign launched ad attacks on Mitt Romney's background at a private equity firm.

European Union naval forces attacked known pirate supplies in an overnight raid in Somalia on Tuesday.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, announced that it would increase the number of shares in its initial public offering, price them higher and value the company at as much as $104 billion.

Iran has executed a man accused of being an Israeli spy, who was found guilty of killing an alleged Iranian nuclear physicist in 2010, Iranian state media reported Tuesday.

Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, who was sentenced to death in August of last year was said to have worked as an assassin for Israeli intelligence service Mossad, receiving $120,000 for the hit.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed they are charging Rupert Murdoch's former right hand woman in relation to the phone hacking scandal, which has rocked the British establishment and resulted in the closure of tabloid newspaper the News of The World.

In his first address to the country, Hollande outlined a message of confidence, in an inauguration ceremony the new president asked to be kept as low-key as possible.

The Pakistani government is considering reopening its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies, ahead of the military alliance's summit.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into China fell in April compared to the same month last year, as investors, who are concerned about the renewed debt crisis in the euro zone, cut down on spending.

Obama addressed the graduating class of Barnard College in New York on Monday.

China's internet community is abuzz with anger and xenophobia. Netizens are livid over the discovery of an alleged case of attempted rape of a young Chinese woman by a Western tourist in Beijing. However, other examples of selfless good deeds by visiting tourists temper sentiments.

Greek leftists rejected a last-ditch proposal by the head of state on Monday to put technocrats in charge of the country, as financial markets slid on speculation that political turmoil would force Athens out of the euro zone.

In a bipartisan surge of opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act, an amendment aims to ensure that suspected terrorists captured on U.S. soil can not be detained indefinitely without trial.

Following a meeting in Abuja, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened renewed sanctions against a Malian military junta that overthrew the country's democratically elected government in March.

Boudou was charged along with his girlfriend and journalist Agustina Kampfer, friend and business partner José María Nuñez Carmona and businessman Alejandro Vandenbroele.

For months in Great Neck, the leafy Nassau County, N.Y., suburb rocked last year by the revelation of cheating on SAT exams in its high schools masterminded by Samuel Eshaghoff whose mother was library president, there had been rumors of marital troubles between Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and her husband Mark.

Political discord in Greece, voters punishing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, lower euro zone manufacturing output and China freeing up cash for lending all contributed to a global stocks slide as investors pursued the safe havens of government debt and the dollar.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was a Depression-era law that separated investment and commercial banks. It was repealed in 1999 during the Clinton administration.

The attacks, which saw Yemeni warplanes bombard a militant hideout 40 miles from the city of Zinjibar, Abyan province, came as six government troops died battling militants in the city itself.

Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign will continue to pursue its national delegate strategy despite the candidate's abrupt announcement Monday that he is suspending active campaign activities.

President Barack Obama gave inspiring words of advice to Barnard graduates heading for the workforce in tough times, championing women's rights, and at the very end of his speech, alluding to his support of legalizing same-sex marriage.

The president of Greece late Monday summoned the heads of leading political parties in an apparently last-chance bid to cobble together a coalition government and avoid national elections in June.

Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council gathered in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Monday for a one-day meeting to discuss the possibility of forming a regional bloc similar to the European Union.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will not campaign in states with upcoming primaries, the Paul campaign said Monday.

Hollande also wants the euro zone fiscal pact re-written -- something Merkel has adamantly refused to do.