The Stream

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Follow The Stream and join Al Jazeera’s social media community: This episode’s story: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201412022302-0024394 FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream ****************************************­************ On The Stream: A discussion about violence against women in Kenya around #mydressmychoice and #nudityisnotmychoice Thumbnail: Kenyan women shout slogans as they demonstrate in support of a woman who was stripped by a group of men for dressing 'indecently' in Nairobi, Kenya, 17 November 2014. (EPA/DAI KUROKAWA)

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Follow The Stream and join Al Jazeera’s social media community: This episode’s story: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201411191130-0024362 FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream ****************************************­************ On The Stream: How yoga has become a global phenomenon and who owns it. Thumbnail: Ten-month-old Leo Erichsen is held up by his mother, Tatjana Eres of Denmark, as she joins thousands of yoga enthusiasts for a class in New York's Times Square to mark the summer solstice, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (AP/MARK LENNIHAN)

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Follow The Stream and join Al Jazeera’s social media community: This episode’s story: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201410301550-0024303 FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream ****************************************­************ On The Stream: Will Canada change after ‘ISIL-inspired’ attacks? Thumbnail: A man stops to pay his respects to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of the Canadian Army Reserves, who was killed while standing guard in front of the National War Memorial by a lone gunman, on October 23, 2014 in Ottawa. (ANDREW BURTON/GETTY IMAGES)