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Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley, delivers a lecture titled "Bodies That Still Matter" on Wednesday, May 11. Butler is active in gender and sexual politics and human rights and anti-war politics.

Famous "Islamism expert" Oliver Roy's latest book, "En quête de L'Orient perdu" (In Search of the Lost Orient), did not provoke enough of the debate and criticism that it deserved, especially these days when we all talk and write about Islam and Islamism with reference to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Representatives of Greece’s creditors are meeting with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy Minister George Stathakis as part of continued negotiations on  the country’s third bailout program. IMF Representative Delia Velculescu was the first to arrive for breakfast at the Athens Hilton at around 8 a.m.

The Health Ministry is planning to introduce new measures and limitations on the use of tobacco in public places in Turkey, daily newspaper Sabah reported on Jan. 30.

Smoking is already banned in enclosed areas such as restaurants, cafes, bars and shopping malls, but a number of measures are planned on tobacco use as part of the National Tobacco Control Program 2015-2018.

The turnover in industry was up 8 percent in the first 11 months of 2014 as compared to Jan.-Nov. of the prior year, show the provisional figures released by the National Institute for Statistics on Tuesday

Photo credit: (c) VLAD STAVRICA/AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Canadian police have identified the suspected gunman who killed a soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa before being shot dead by a security guard on Wednesday.

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Russia will impose a temporary ban on imports of animal fat and meat byproduct from the European Union.

According to a media statement of Russia's veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor, the ban takes effect on October 21.

The measure is explained with the presence of harmful substances detected in such products, according to ITAR-TASS.

Turkish textile industry players are planning to bring over Bangladeshi workers to Turkey, Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Associations (IHKIB) head Hikmet Tanrıverdi has said

The tobacco purchase campaign in Bulgaria has began, however there is zero interest among buyers, Bulgarian private TV station bTV reports.

It was 1750 B.C. when the function of the dress code in Babylon was to expose prostitutes.