* Royal Wedding: Diana’s friend Sarah, Duchess of York is not invited by Prince William.

* A Message from Ghana.

* Before we sell the country we should ask the people.

* Argentina to protest illicit US cargo. The Argentine government is moving to lodge an official protest to Washington following the seizure of undeclared weapons and drugs aboard a US military plane.

* Chevron Runs from Judgment in Ecuador. by Greg Palast

* People Go Missing in Brazil Floods.

* Ivory Coast financial system struggles as banks close.

* Prisoners tell of rotting corpses and shootings (Egypt).

* 2/17/11 Mega Solar Flare Disrupts Communications, GPS. Effects still hitting Earth – and we could see some fantastic northern lights.

* The world is one poor harvest away from chaos.

* Chris Hedges: We’re Missing Our Safety Valve. Chris Hedges, among those anxious prophets to whom attention must be paid, is a sort of George Carlin without the laugh lines. Grim obituarist of our empire, democracy and culture, the ex-New York Times war reporter is gabbing with us here about the smothered conscience of power: the Death of the Liberal Class, in the title of his new book.

* Ireland turns to bankruptcy tourism. Bankruptcy in Britain offers a way out for Irish entrepreneurs crushed by debt from heady property boom.

* Geeks Strike Back. 10 best jobs for 2011