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Sara A. Carter, who has reported from war zones and written award- winning stories on immigration and drug smuggling, will join the staff of The Washington Examiner as the newspaper's national security correspondent.

Carter will report on the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as U.S. efforts to combat al Qaeda and the Taliban at home and abroad.

She will also cover U.S. military, intelligence and immigration issues, and will write a column for The Examiner's national security page.

"It's crucially important that Americans get firsthand reports on what their young men and women are confronting in Afghanistan and Iraq," Carter said. "I'm thrilled to join a paper that's committed to covering the conflicts that are shaping our world -- and that are vital to our national security."

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Carter joins The Examiner from The Washington Times. She has appeared frequently as a guest on cable news programs, including "The O'Reilly Factor" and Sean Hannity's "Great American Panel" -- both broadcast on Fox News. She has also appeared as a guest on CNN and C-Span.

Before joining The Washington Times in 2007, Carter reported for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, where she was recognized for her investigation into drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexican border, as well as her reporting on illegal-immigration issues.

During her career as an investigative journalist, Carter has twice received a National Headliner Award, as well as a Sigma Delta Chi Award.

She grew up in Saudi Arabia and has traveled to Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan during her career as a war correspondent.

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One male resident in St Anne's Street, who didn't want to be named, said: "It happens periodically along here. It's a thoroughfare for people heading back home from pubs and clubs and it's not particularly well lit."

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Police are asking residents to contact them if they saw or heard a disturbance around the time.

Two 21-year-old men from the town have been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the incident. Both have been bailed to return to Cheltenham Police Station on May 4. Anyone with information should Breitling Replica Watches call police on 0845 090 1234 quoting incident number 19 of February 12. Alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:

China's women's wear industry is anticipating an improved export climate for 2010, despite several challenges that continue to beset suppliers. In fact, the majority of businesses are expecting at least 10 percent growth.

This comes even as exports in the first nine months of 2009 were down 4 percent by volume at 5.8 billion pieces and 6 percent by value at $26 billion.

To reach projected targets, however, measures aimed at cutting expenses and maximizing cash flow remain in place. These include streamlining operations and manpower, and keeping some production lines open to domestic sales.

Measures aimed at cutting expenses and maximizing cash flow remain in place. These include streamlining operations and manpower, and keeping some production lines open to domestic sales.

Companies will continue to invest in measures to boost efficiency, improve R&D capability, release more upscale products and bolster their ODM lines. This report focuses on women's blouses, sweaters, pullovers, shorts, pants, skirts, dresses, suits, business separates, coats and jackets.

What you'll get

- In-depth profiles of 30 major suppliers with a comprehensive look at their manufacturing and export capability, verified contact details, and more - this information is not available anywhere else

- 118 full-color images that depict popular women's wear export models, complete with product descriptions, prices, minimum order requirements and delivery times

- Verified supplier contact details of an additional 14 exporters, including names, e-mails, telephone numbers and websites

- Supplier information in tabular format to help you compare companies at a glance

- Results of the custom-designed supplier survey, which forecasts industry trends for the next 12 months

- An extensive overview of the industry discussing the main challenges facing suppliers

- An in-depth examination of the supplier base highlighting key characteristics of different types of companies

- Details of the primary production centers

- An update of the latest trends in design, R&D, materials and components

- A review of the key factors that influence the price and quality of low-end, midrange and high-end products

- Comprehensive pricing tables featuring export price ranges

Report information:

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In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:

This databook provides key data and information on the OTC healthcare market in China. This report is a comprehensive resource for market, category and segment level data including value, distribution share and company & brand share.

Scope

- Contains information on:analgesics,medicated skin product,topical OTC,traditional,indigestion,cough&cold,plasters&Bandages,vitamins and first aid kits

- Market,category and segment level information on value with historic (2003-2008) and forecast (2009-2013) data

- Category level company and brand share as well as distribution share information for 2007 and 2008

- Review of the top two companies within the OTC healthcare market, including company overview, key facts and business description

Highlights of this title

- The market for OTC healthcare in China increased at a compound annual growth rate of 6.7 percent between 2003 and 2008.

- The traditional medicines category led the OTC healthcare market in China, accounting for a share of 31.1 percent.

- Leading players in Chinese OTC healthcare market include Johnson & Johnson, Novartis AG and Chengdu Rosun Antiseptic Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

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Remarks of President Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery
Weekly Address
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VANCOUVER, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) has broken the stereotype that an Olympic Games has to move to a different continent as Asian countries Singapore and China are to host the YOG consecutively.

Nanjing of China won the hosting right for the second YOG on Wednesday at the 122nd IOC session in Vancouver, beating the only other candidate city Poznan of Poland with a narrow margin 47-42.

As a conventional rule, two Olympics are usually not to be held on the same continent one after another, such as the Olympics moved from European country Greece to China in 2008.

"Now it's a fact we will have two Asian cities. It demonstrates that the Olympic spirit has moved past the borders of Europe," said Gilbert Feilli, IOC executive director for the Olympic Games.

Swiss Feilli also showed expectation for the Nanjing YOG, he said: "We expect high quality. There is very strong support from local authorities."

As Beijing held the Olympics successfully in 2008, Feilli believed the Olympics and the YOG didn't not have the same standard.

"(If compare the two Games in China), I could be short and say 'The same success'."

"We presume that we will not have the same impact at the Youth Games as we had at the Olympic Games."

"The audience and the functions are not quite the same as for the Beijing Games. We want the emphasis to be on education, sports and cultural exchange," said Zhu Shanlu, director of the Nanjing Bidding Committee.

Singapore will host the first Youth Games on August 14-26, 2010, while the first Winter Youth Olympics is scheduled for 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria.

USA 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Men's curling: USA vs. Denmark, 10 a.m. (live)

Men's hockey: USA vs. Norway, 1 p.m. (live)

NBC 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Biathlon: Women's 15km, 2 p.m.

Snowboarding: Women's halfpipe qualifying, 2:30 p.m.

CNBC 3 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Women's curling: USA vs. Denmark, 3 p.m. (live)

Men's hockey: Canada vs. Switzerland, 6 p.m.

Women's hockey: Russia vs. China, 8 p.m. (live)

Men's hockey: Russia vs. Slovakia, 10:30 p.m.

MSNBC 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Women's hockey: USA vs. Finland, 3:30 p.m. (live)

NBC 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Figure skating: Men's free skate; Women's snowboarding; Speedskating: Women's 1000m

NBC 11:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Men's and women's first- and second-runs; Medal ceremonies

EARLY FRIDAY

CNBC 12:30 a.m. - 3 a.m.

Men's curling: Canada vs. France; Biathlon: Men's 20km

MSNBC 1 a.m. - 3:30 a.m.

Women's curling: Canada vs. Germany, 1 a.m.

TELEVISION

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

LaSalle at Dayton, CBS C, 5 p.m.

Auburn at Florida, ESPN, 5 p.m.

Syracuse at Georgetown, ESPN2, 5 p.m.

UCLA at Washington St., FSN, 6:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Marquette, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Wisconsin at Minnesota, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Pandora Beads Wholesale Cal at Oregon St., FSN, 8:30 p.m.

St. Mary's (Calif.) at San Diego, ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Dixie St. at BYU-Hawaii, BYUTV, 10:30 p.m.

GOLF

WGC-Match Play Championship, GOLF, noon

Mayakoba Classic, GOLF, 4:30 p.m.

NBA

Nuggets at Cavaliers, TNT, 6 p.m.

Celtics at Lakers, TNT, 8:30 p.m.

OLYMPICS

Figure skating: Men's free skate/Women's snowboarding/ Speedskating: Women's 1000m, NBC, 7 p.m.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Houston at Southern Miss, CBS C, 7 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, CBS C, 9 p.m.

RADIO

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Southern Utah at Western Illinois, FM-91.1, 6 p.m.

Utah Valley at South Dakota, AM-1400, 7 p.m.