by Robert Reich Robert Reich "Berkeley, CA - January's increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story - the continuing downward mobility of the middle class in the US. Most of the new jobs being created are in the lower-wage sectors of the economy - hospital orderlies and nursing aides, secretaries and temporary workers, retail and restaurant. Meanwhile, millions of US workers remain in jobs only because they've agreed to cuts in wages and benefits. Others...Read Full Story
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Al Jazeera English, the BBC News Channel and Sky News will do battle for the title of news channel of the year at this year’s RTS journalism awards later this month.
BBC News at Ten, Newsnight and Channel 4 News are shortlisted for news programme of the year at the awards, which celebrate excellence in UK television news and current affairs.
Two rival channels’ coverage of last summer’s riots are nominated for home news story of the year – Sky and Channel 4 – alongside...Read Full Story
"It has been described as a gerontocracy run by 80-year-olds, and Cuba’s Communist Party convention over the weekend largely lived up to the stereotypes surrounding the country's political leaders, despite the country's slow push towards economic liberalisation. The conference, a rare occasion, saw more than 800 delegates discuss a series of economic changes, largely aimed at making it easier for Cubans to run small businesses. The party is also considering age limits for high-ranking...Read Full Story
Telegraph.co.uk Hamas leader visits Jordan for first time in 13 years Telegraph.co.uk The leader of Hamas travelled to Jordan on his first official visit since he was expelled 13 years ago to meet with King Abdullah, amid persistent reports that the group is seeking to remove its long-term base from Damascus. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal ... Hamas leader visits Jordan Washington Post 'Hamas, Jordan open a new page for Palestinians' Jerusalem Post Jordan's King Receives Hamas Leader ABC News...Read Full Story
Khaled Mashal was born in the Silwad neighborhood of Ramallah, then ruled by Jordan.
His family moved to Kuwait and lived there until 1991 Gulf War. Mashal
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Kuwait University.
While at the University, he was an Islamist Palestinian leader,
challenging the dominance of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation
Organization on the campus. Mashal participated in the foundation of
the Islamic Haqq Bloc, which competed with Fatah on leading the General
Union for the Palestinian Students in Kuwait.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait, Mashal moved to Jordan and began his work
with Hamas as one of its founders. He has been a member of the Hamas
Political Bureau since its inception and became its chairman in 1996.
He married in 1981 and has seven children.
“Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Haniyeh met last night in Qatar ... and the suspicions it has aroused among Hamas hard-liners. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a senior Hamas figure in Gaza seen as a hard-liner by Fatah, described Meshaal’s agreement with ...
CAIRO - Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar slammed a Palestinian unity deal as a "mistake" that has thrown the movement into crisis, in an interview with Egypt's official MENA agency published on Sunday. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal signed an agreement with ...
RAMALLAH, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Monday's Doha declaration, announced by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal, marks a long-awaited breakthrough on forming a Palestinian unity government, but has met with doubts about whether ...
Internal dissension in the Hamas ranks is on the rise as its political leaders try to realign the movement with Fatah. Analysts note Hamas leaders in the Gaza terror enclave for the past five years and international Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal are ...
On that basis, the agreement signed by Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Monday should be cancelled. "After examining the question of Mahmoud Abbas taking on ... Hamas legislators Riad al-Amleh and Fathi Qarawi also said Palestinian unity ...