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With the global economy still in the doldrums, this year's World Environment Day on 5 June is trumpeting the merits of the Green Economy as an alternative way of creating jobs and growth - without trashing the planet. It also takes place 15 days before the snappily-titled Rio+20 United...

Reuters - A slum street so narrow that a car can't pass winds past unsightly red-brick shacks, so a monolithic three-story building bearing a giant sign reading "The Maze" in English really stands out...