AP - Riot police fired tear gas to disperse protesters throwing rocks and firebombs outside Parliament as more than 10,000 people marched through central Athens Thursday during a nationwide general strike against the government's harsh new austerity measures.
AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says "good faith negotiations" can recognize Israeli security needs and the Palestinian goal for a viable state.
AP - A British journalist has been released from Hamas custody after a month's detention and is on his way out of the Gaza Strip.