IPS Inter Press ServiceIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.ENERGY: Not So Small, And Beautiful- (Found June 19, 2008 ) LONDON, Jun 19 (IPS) - While the big debate continues about oil prices, the alternatives to oil and the development of biofuels, scattered groups are finding new successes in generating all the energy they need, doing it cleanly -- and now doing it on an impressive scale.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42878 ECONOMY-US: Lenders Scramble as Foreclosures, Criticism Pile Up- (Found June 19, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (IPS) - Top U.S. lenders, faced with public and political ire over a rising flood of foreclosures, have announced stepped-up efforts to help troubled borrowers.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42879 TRADE-GHANA: Non-Traditional Exports Are Booming- (Found June 19, 2008 ) ACCRA, Jun 19 (IPS) - Impressive growth in exports from Ghana to the rest of the world has been witnessed over the past few years as more and more Ghanaians explore production in non-traditional sectors.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42880 BRAZIL: African Rhythms Open Prospects for High-Risk Youngsters- (Found June 19, 2008 ) SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil, Jun 19 (IPS) - "Ax" is a word that means "positive energy or life force" in the Yoruba language of West Africa, an important concept in the Afro-Brazilian "candombl" religion. For hundreds of children and young people involved in the Ax Project, it is indeed a force for life.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42881 SOUTH PACIFIC: Poverty Breeds Child Labour and Sex Tourism- (Found June 19, 2008 ) SUVA, Jun 18 (IPS) - Beyond the fabulous palm-fringed beaches and cascading waterfalls of the islands of the Pacific is a sordid reality -- child labour and commercial sexual exploitation of children.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42868 |