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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Midnight at the Pera Palace’

By Aram Bakshian Jr. - Special to The Washington Times

An U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent peers out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight over McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border. (Associated Press)

Terrorists smuggled across U.S. southern border before capture in Texas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

To the rescue: Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered the northern Syrian town of Kobani to join the Kurdish resistance. The forces have coordinated attacks against Islamic State militants, who have been besieging the strategic city for weeks. (Associated Press)

Turkey allows Iraqi reinforcements for Kurds battling Islamic State in Kobani

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** A French soldier patrols a terminal at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

French police arrest man at Paris airport believed to be involved with Islamic terror plot

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered Twitter and YouTube blocked and even threatened to "eradicate Twitter" to show the international community "the power of the Turkish republic." (Associated Press)

U.S. domain deregulation could fragment World Wide Web into ‘Splinternet’

By Victor Kotsev — Special to The Washington Times

Orangeburg nursery ships crepe myrtles to Turkey

By GENE ZALESKI - Associated Press