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Radical Islamic biker gangs emerge in Australia with Middle East immigration

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping drink a toast at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Obama is on a state visit after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The United States and China pledged Wednesday to take ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases, aiming to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change ahead of high-stakes climate negotiations next year. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool)

Obama stakes final 2 years on climate change

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama walks away from the podium following the end of his news conference at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday. Obama left Australia back for Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

China, Australia strike major free-trade deal after Obama leaves

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo released by G20 Australia and taken on Saturday Nov. 15, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott hold koalas during a photo opportunity on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. (AP Photo/G20 Australia, Andrew Taylor )

Koalas steal the show at G20 summit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 8, 2014 photo, a man photographs a sign on the Story Bridge Hotel near the venue where the G20 leaders’ summit will take place in Brisbane, Australia. For the boosters of Queensland state, playing host to top officials from the 20 biggest industrialized and developing economies is a long overdue acknowledgement they don’t live in subtropical backwater. Small businesses, however, are struggling against the disruptions of road closures and an over-the-top security response. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

G-20 lifts profile of laid-back Australian city

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One Sunday en route to the Asia-Pacific region for a week of international summits. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama heading to Chinese economic summit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger, right, who arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away. Canada's Conservative government said Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, it is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of countries with &quot;widespread and persistent-intense transmission&quot; of Ebola virus disease. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File) **FILE**

Amid Ebola scare, Canada restricts visas

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger, right, who arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away. Canada's Conservative government said Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, it is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of countries with &quot;widespread and persistent-intense transmission&quot; of Ebola virus disease. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File) **FILE**

Canada restricts visas amid Ebola scare

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop address a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Iraq, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Australia shuts doors to travelers from Ebola-infected nations

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this June 18, 2014 photo, Jarryd Hayne, center, escapes a tackle during a State of Origin rugby league series game in Sydney, Australia. Hayne stunned the rugby league world by quitting his long-time Australian club suddenly Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, to chase a dream of playing in the National Football League. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT

Jarryd Hayne quits rugby league to try out for NFL

By Dennis Passa - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Good, bad and ‘ugly’ carbon footprints

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’

By Philip Kopper

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Burqa, hijab are forms of apartheid

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Save the economy, kill Kyoto liabilities

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A forensic officer documents objects including a blanket at the scene of a fatal shooting at Endeavour Hills Police Station in Melbourne, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. A suspected terrorist was shot dead and two counterterrorism police were stabbed Tuesday in a confrontation in Australia’s second largest city that some experts suspect is inspired by the Islamic State group’s call to supporters to wage terror in their home countries. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Julian Smith) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAUPAU NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVING

Australian police shoot suspected terrorist dead

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak after a meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in this Sept. 6, 2014, file photo. The Australian government on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, elevated its terrorism threat level to the second-highest warning in response to the domestic threat posed by Islamic State movement supporters. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

EDITORIAL: ‘Compelling need’ for a gun in D.C.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES