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Medical Patch to Burn Fat without Diet or Exercises

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- US researchers from the universities of Columbia and North Carolina have developed medicated skin patch that can burn the body fat. These patches were first tested on over-obese mice. The study published on the university’s electronic website explained that...

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Confiscated opium on display in Zahedan, Iran. Reuters/Caren Firouz

Iran: Increased Number of Addicts Pushes Toward Bill on Drugs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2017 | World

London- Days after the Judicial Committee of the Iranian Parliament’s House spokesman Hassan Norouzi approved a bill that would allow the Iranian government to distribute drugs among addicts, an official in the Expediency Discernment Council of the System...

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A homeless woman and her two children in the US. AP file photo

How to Clear our Minds

by Noah Smith | Jul 22, 2017 | Opinion

When it comes to economics, we spend most of our time thinking about better ways to organize human activity. This is the main purpose of debates about minimum wage, universal health care, deregulation, taxes and other common economic policies. But it’s worth...

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Police keep watch in Sweden after a riot in February. Reuters

Could Malmo become Sweden’s Chicago

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 15, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Malmo – When you wander in the Sweden Möllevången district, you may not quickly notice that the southern city is known as one of the international hot spots of organized crimes. Young women hold their babies’ carriages, and elderlies sit in the sun, while the...

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Cannabis plants are pictured in a state-owned agricultural farm in Rovigo, about 60 km (40 miles) from Venice, September 22, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ISIS Resorts to Selling Drugs in Iraq, Syria for Funding

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Following its oil revenues loss in Nineveh, ISIS is resorting to drug dealing to increase its funds, according to a top intelligence official. Drug dealing became the primary source to supply the terrorist organization with money, he added, saying that Anbar...