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In this April 13, 2014, file photo taken from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2-Orion aircraft, co-pilot Squadron Leader Brett McKenzie looks out of a window while searching for debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia. (Greg Wood/Pool Photo via AP)

Search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to be doubled if plane not found

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, center, walks past the relatives of the passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8015 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. A massive sea search was underway for the AirAsia plane that disappeared Sunday while flying from Indonesia to Singapore through airspace possibly thick with dense storm clouds, strong winds and lightning, officials said. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

AirAsia’s brash CEO in spotlight after jet disappears

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

In this Nov. 8, 2014 photo, the smoke of incense burnt in a huge censer makes a foreign Muslim visitor's eyes water at at Sensoji Buddhist temple at Asakusa district, in Tokyo. Looking ahead to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to boost tourism as part of his “Abenomics” growth revitalization plan. The government hopes to increase the annual number of tourists to 20 million by then. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

TOKYO TRAVEL: Japan taps growing Muslim tourist market

By Haruka Nagu - Associated Press

Outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, walks with President-elect Joko Widodo upon arrival prior to a tour of the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, will be inaugurated as the country's new president on Monday, Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Adek Berry, Pool)

Kerry seeks Asia’s help in anti-Islamic State push

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2014 photo, motorists ride past a graffiti of the Islamic State group's flag in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. The world's largest Muslim country is facing a new threat as security officials fear that militants who are joining the Islamic State could take part in terrorism acts on their return to Southeast Asia. (AP Photo)

Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Smoldering wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Malaysian passenger plane shot down in Ukraine, interior minister says

By Peter Leonard and Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

An F-22 Raptor pilot from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker to be refueled May 19, 2014, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. (U.S. Air Force photo)

F-22 Raptors deployed to confront China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A cyclist rides past Gereja Sidang Jemaat Allah (Grace Assembly of God) Church in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, June 23, 2014. Malaysia's top court ruled Monday that non-Muslims cannot use the word "Allah" to refer to God, delivering the final word on a contentious debate that has reinforced complaints that religious minorities are treated unfairly in the Muslim-majority country. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Malaysia’s top court: ‘Allah’ for Muslims only

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Australian Defense ship Ocean Shield (AP Photo/File)

Jet searchers rule out area where ‘pings’ heard

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2014 file photo, a couple are silhouetted as they watch a Malaysia Airlines plane on the tarmac from the viewing gallery at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines said its net loss expanded 59 percent in the first quarter, hit by loss of revenue from China after the disappearance of Flight 370 two months ago. The flag carrier said Thursday, May 15, 2014, its net loss surged to 443.4 million ringgit ($137.8 million), up from 278.8 million ringgit in the January-to-March period last year. Revenue however, still rose 1.7 percent to 3.6 billion ringgit ($1.1 billion). (AP Photo/Joshua Paul, File)

US Navy won’t dismiss ‘pings’ lead in jet search

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

** FILE ** A woman ties a message card for passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo)

After long wait, Malaysia releases jet data

By Chris Brummitt and Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Malaysia PM calls for real-time tracking of planes

Associated Press

President Barack Obama posed for a selfie with the Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak.

EDITORIAL: Obama’s ugly anti-Americanism resurfaces in Malaysia

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling watches his team play in Los Angeles. The NBA is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man purported to be Sterling makes racist remarks while speaking to his girlfriend. NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement Saturday, APril 26, 2014, that the league is in the process of authenticating the validity of the recording posted on TMZ's website. Bass called the comments &quot;disturbing and offensive.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Associated Press

Protesters stand outside of the University of Malaya before the arrival of President Obama at a town hall style event with participants in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Asia trade push falters, catches heat

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

With a Malaysian flag behind him, President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Malaya University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama blasts Clippers’ Sterling as ‘ignorant’ for ‘offensive racist statements’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

With a Malaysian flag behind him, President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Malaya University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama defends Malaysia’s hunt for missing flight 370

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times