news mid April, 2015; some heroes

Greek Minister Yanis Varoufakis will meet with ECB and US economic heads this week.

CIA head John Brennan says world will likely see a loss of nation-state power over coming decades.

A brief look at the complicated relationship between US and new Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi in the Wahington Post.

These comedians tell what's happening in the middle east region from an 'Egyptian' point of view.

Some other heroes these last few weeks. Because we need them.
A reenactment and multimedia presentation about Lincoln's life and last night was put on. Amazing simulcast both real and virtual, inside and outside the theater of many aspects of all the proceedings, made many who witnessed it overcome with emotion.

Bugler at the steps of the Petersen House #Fords150 #LincolnsLastDay #AbrahamLincoln pic.twitter.com/VMHpGBMXhb
— Craig Swain (@caswain01) April 15, 2015

View of the vigil outside Ford's Theater in Washington, DC, April 14, 2015 where President Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years before.

In Ford's Theatre, 150 years, almost to the minute, since Abe Lincoln was assassinated. Crowd outside holding candles pic.twitter.com/SSP5hSlO3W
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) April 15, 2015

Here's a picture of WWII era Princess Elizabeth, posing before the vehicles she used to maintain in England as her service duty. Once she was a car mechanic and now she is Queen, and a great-grandmother.

Queen Elizabeth on her WWII service. pic.twitter.com/Xn8F2wkzJY
— History In Pictures (@EpicHistoryPics) April 14, 2015

This guy took a video of a cop in North Charleston, South Carolina as the cop shot and killed a man named Walter Scott. The article linked tells how he shot the video of what is being called a homicide case.

These are the apps you will need to quickly and safely capture police wrongdoing on camera: http://t.co/OzoXCoKQdU pic.twitter.com/CjD8DIPJft
— Slate (@Slate) April 9, 2015

A bust of Edward Snowden was put up on top of a WWII memorial in Brooklyn last week. Taken down within a few hours, a hologram replaced it the next day.

Police Remove #Snowden Bust In NY Park, Hours Later Activists Replace It With Snowden Hologram, via @CCN_Updates http://t.co/lL2r6YFXiM
— MintPress News (@MintPressNews) April 9, 2015

Amazing hologram of protesters in Madrid, Spain to get around gag law that wants to prevent protests against ammendments to the penal code and the new anti-terror laws.

Spanish citizens hold hologram protest against new gag law http://t.co/CXS7yDAsMV pic.twitter.com/7ZIqVZ8Vnn
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) April 15, 2015

______________________________________________________________________________ Legendary blues guitar player BB King was hospitalized last week but is feeling better:

RT @1001ptUS: B.B. King, 'King of the Blues,' is hospitalized (http://t.co/Db90NMNP7r) http://t.co/K4x3U7FhBX pic.twitter.com/nw6TOfBe24 .
— slackadjuster (@slackadjuster) April 7, 2015

Oh My God, if he invests Surplus in Education—people might understand Good v Bad Governance.h…/buff.ly/1DpOunX pic.twitter.com/WWVYx19he9
— Patrick M (@andendall) April 1, 2015

Cynthia Lennon - In Loving Memory http://t.co/jI4ONUnLo9 pic.twitter.com/cwue6VmPUv
— Julian Lennon (@JulianLennon) April 1, 2015

5 years ago, Alicia Watkins was a homeless veteran. Today, she's a student at Harvard http://t.co/dxsn88sqln pic.twitter.com/RHHJ52QxLO
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) March 29, 2015

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In completely unrelated news, the Black Rhino is extinct:

The Western Black Rhino has been officially declared extinct. Humanity sucks. . pic.twitter.com/niIQxN4fxJ
— Letha Hughes (@Letha_Hughes) April 15, 2015

Also, a bit of the earliest history of Wall Street in New York will be memorialized.