The Stream

Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308212247-0022993 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** Two and a half years after protests began, anti-government activists try to re-ignite their movement. Thumbnail: A young Bahraini boy holds the national flag during the clashes with riot police following an anti-regime protest in the village of Abu Saiba, west of Manama, on August 15, 2013 (AFP/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)

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Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308192026-0022987 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** Is there an end in sight to the bloodshed? Thumbnail: An Egyptian man walks between lines of bodies wrapped in shrouds at a mosque in Cairo on August 15, 2013, following a crackdown on the protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi the previous day. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP)

Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308150016-0022980 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** Commercial surrogacy is on the rise around the world. Thumbnail: Surrogate mothers with gynaecologist Dr. Naina Patel and her embryologist Harsha Bhadarka in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on July 23, 2007. (Shailesh Raval/The India Today Group/Getty Images)

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Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308130112-0022974 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** The rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK. Thumbnail: Members of the Muslim community make their way to pray at the East London Mosque on the last day of Ramadan on August 7, 2013 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/GETTY)

Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308092224-0022970 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** The Stream looks at the causes for Mauritania’s ongoing struggle with slavery. Thumbnail: A slave woman sits in a tent in the desert with her child June 15, 1997 near Chegar, Mauritania. (Photo by Malcolm Linton/GETTY)

Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308082215-0022968 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** The Stream examines Morocco's "Danielgate" controversy and what can be done to combat child sex abuse. Thumbnail: A young boy lights candles during a demonstration on August 6, 2013 in Casablanca, Morocco against the pardon by King Mohamed VI to a paedophile who was arrested on August 5 in Spain. AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA

Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308062112-0022963 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** The Stream speaks with author Reza Aslan about his latest book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308052300-0022958 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** The Stream examines the human costs of US counter-terrorism laws. Thumbnail: Somali women wait in line to receive treatment at the outpatient clinic run by African Union in Mogadishu, Somalia, 06 August 2012. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA

Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308012318-0022951 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** Australia’s policy to turn away refugees arriving by boat ignites debate.

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Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201307262235-0022938 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** Does repeated exposure to violence on social media makes us desensitized to violence? Thumbnail: Blood on the streets after Boston Marathon. (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/ Aaron Tang)