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Benefit of Wars: Their Lessons for Syria

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Erdogan, Oxfam, Bashar Assad, Syria, Masterpeace, Cameron, Genocide, UK Impact, World, Syria Violence, Impact, UK News
Ilco van der Linde

In the coming weeks UN, NATO, EU, USA, Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel and many others will have intense debates on what to do. Will the talking heads finally reach common ground and start acting accordingly? Stopping this war, is it really too complex, as many people tend to think? I don't think so.

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"If Women Want, Fight Will End"

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Erdogan, Turkey, Un, Masterpeace, Pkk, International Women's Day, UK Impact, UK News
Ilco van der Linde

I happen to know two wonderful women who have been at the forefront of peace building for decades and who show how much inspiration and result this can bring: Mary Robinson and Angelique Kidjo

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English Smokers Will Change the World - or at Least Their World

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 16.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Europe, Hdi, Human Development Index, Masterpeace, Eu, Eurozone, UK News, UK Tourism, Health News, UK Referendum, UK Politics News
Ilco van der Linde

After ten years of non-smoking policy in New York the bars have more visitors now, because the vast majority turned out to prefer a healthier environment.

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War Games

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Games, Apps, Zuckerberg, War, Warcommander, Interfaith Dialogue, Un, Facebook, Masterpeace, Peace, UK Tech News
Ilco van der Linde

Generally I have no problems with targeted ads. I am often as surprised as a little child thinking: how can they know that I am interested in that particular artist or something else. But every time it asks me to start playing War Commander I am shocked to see that 6,600,000 - almost seven million people...my God! - are dedicated to a war game. What does this tell us?

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Give Us Hope Now!

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 01.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Libya, Positivity, Media, Peace, Masterpeace, Hope, Cairo, UK News
Ilco van der Linde

Yom Kippur 2012 is over. The Day of Atonement didn't bring any difference in the news we could find in the printed media. Do me a favor and check your newspaper right now. Ninety percent of the pictures and the articles are about problems instead of solutions, crisis instead of chances, war instead of peace. How come? Is there nothing positive to share? Is there no hope?

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