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The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers held yet another general strike to protest painful spending cuts.

Prime Minister George Papandreou, speaking to Greek reporters in Washington at the end of his working visit to the United States on Wednesday, said that the country's image abroad, at a political level, has changed completely as a result of his tour to Berlin, Paris and Washington.

Paris-Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new international attention to its secretive nuclear activities.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met on Tuesday morning with President Shimon Peres, his first diplomatic session with regional officials over the course of his five-day visit.

AMMAN - Jordan receives its allocated water shares in full under the Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty’s second annex and does not owe Israel a drop of water, Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar said on Thursday.