Environment group sets up 6,000 dolls in Earth Summit protest

Environment group sets up 6,000 dolls in Earth Summit protest

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The international environmental organization Friends of The Earth (FOE) sets up 6,000 paper dolls near the venue of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg on Sept. 1 to protest the ''hegemony'' of big enterprises. FOE said the 1-meter-high paper dolls represent ordinary citizens and paid poor South Africans to make them. (Kyodo)

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          Environment group sets up 6,000 dolls in Earth Summit protest

          Environment group sets up 6,000 dolls in Earth Summit protest

          JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The international environmental organization Friends of The Earth (FOE) sets up 6,000 paper dolls near the venue of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg on Sept. 1 to protest the ''hegemony'' of big enterprises. FOE said the 1-meter-high paper dolls represent ordinary citizens and paid poor South Africans to make them.