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...still rages over whether leaders who have not gone public with their sexuality should do so. Girard, the deputy mayor of Paris, knows several elected officials who keep their sexuality private. "By not accepting their homosexuality publicly, closeted politicians are holding back progress," he says. So long as they remain hidden, he argues, gay leaders will remain an oddity. "I don't mean that they have to wave a banner, but just be calm and confident about it." (Read: "Nasty No More? Britain's Tories Reach Out to Gays...
...accounts under their own names. Al-Qaeda operated a document center at the Kandahar airport. All that would be virtually impossible today, as hordes of counterterrorism officials scrutinize financial transactions and cell-phone calls, and drones track al-Qaeda leaders around the clock. And while government no-fly lists remain flawed, at least they exist. Today, the number of suspected terrorists prohibited from boarding a plane in the U.S. is about 4,000. Before Sept. 11, according to al-Qaeda expert Peter Bergen, it was 16. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey...
...appreciate TIME's decision to highlight the 10 most essential stories of 2009 [Dec. 28--Jan. 4]. However, I question the failure to grant a spot on the list to turmoil in Israel. Though the peace negotiations remain stalled, there have been numerous developments throughout the year that have contributed to the quagmire, including the war in Gaza, the election of a right-wing Prime Minister and the subsequent expansion of Israeli settlements. This conflict has been one of the most important in the region this year, and it deserved a mention...
...Congressmen announced their retirement, while another, Parker Griffith of Alabama, defected to the Republicans. It's not just blue dominoes: as many as 20 Republican lawmakers have said they will not run for re-election. While not all seats are likely to switch parties--Connecticut, for instance, will probably remain solidly Democratic--the departures are viewed as a sign of the difficulties facing President Obama's party...
...Americans whose achievements approach that of Washington's" by making him one of the few individuals honored by a federal holiday. The day before the bill passed the Senate, District Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. denied Helms' request to unseal FBI surveillance tapes of King that were due to remain sealed until 2027. President Reagan signed the bill into law in November 1983 and the first official holiday was observed on the third Monday of January...