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A pastry chef cuts a block of butter from Denmark for making pastries at Sydney’s Edith and Rose bakery on February 11, 2008. (Photo: Anoek De Groot / AFP)

Butter not Tied to Heart Disease

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 11, 2016 | Health

London-Despite decades on the list of “bad” fats that harm the heart, butter, on its own, is not linked to increased risk of heart disease after all, according to a recent analysis of existing research. Eating more butter was even weakly tied to a lower risk of...

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In this April 15, 2013 file photo, medical workers aid injured people following an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Tsarnaev convicted in Boston bombing, may face death sentence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2015 | World

Boston, Reuters—Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on Wednesday of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured 264 others, and the jury will now decide whether to sentence him to death. Tsarnaev, 21, is the surviving member of pair of ethnic...

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Boston Red Sox player Mike Carp (L) kisses the Commissioner’s Trophy after the Red Sox defeated the Cardinals in game six of the 2013 Major League Baseball World Series to win the World Series four games to two at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 30 October 2013. The World Series win for the Red Sox is their eighth all time and their first clinch at Fenway Park since 1918. (EPA/JOHN G)

Red Sox win World Series title at Fenway Park

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2013 | Sports

Boston, AP—David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox capped a remarkable turnaround by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6–1 in Game 6 on Wednesday to win their third World Series championship in 10 seasons. And the Red Sox didn’t have to fly the trophy home. For the...

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file photo dated 10 June 2009 shows the printing presses building of the Boston Globe at the newspaper’s headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. (EPA/CJ Gunther)

US billionaire buys Boston Globe

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 4, 2013 | Media

New York, Reuters—The New York Times Co. has agreed to sell The Boston Globe to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team for USD 70 million in cash, a small fraction of what the Times paid for the newspaper 20 years ago. Under the transaction announced...

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Sean M. Joyce, Deputy Director of the FBI, arrives at the Hart Senate Office building for a closed door meeting with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Source: AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson

Lawmakers Ask who Had Information on Bomb Suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 24, 2013 | World

Boston, AP—Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the September 11 attacks that failure to share intelligence may have...